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Summary:

“Just when were you planning on telling me that you were building a battle droid?”

A drabble.

Notes:

A drabble filling 2 Summer of Bad Batch 2024 Prompts.

Week 10: "Just when were you planning on telling us that?"
Week 11: "I didn't think I would get this far."

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Hunter stares, slack jawed, at the thing lying on the barrack’s table. He heaves a long-suffering sigh. “Just when were you planning on telling me that you were building a battle droid?”

Tech shrugs one shoulder. “To be quite honest, I did not believe I would get this far without your noticing by mere observation.”

A hard look. “You can’t keep this.” 

A gasp. “Why not? It is deactivated. It poses no threat.”

I’ll pose a threat if it isn’t gone when I get back.” 

As Hunter leaves the barracks, he hears Tech grumble on a breath, “...has no appreciation…”

Notes:

I might be a little obsessed with the challenge of cramming a story in 100 words...