Wow… He Doesn’t Even Have The Volume Or Texture That… Nevermind.

Because...

Fireball put it there. Or Nemec. No, Fireball.

Must have thought it was funny.

Classic Fireball.

Heh.

If Howzer was stationed on Ryloth for as long as I think most of us assumed, then he absolutely knows Twi’leki. Maybe he’s fluent, maybe he only knows the curse words, but he absolutely mumbles it under his breath whenever he’s mad, and Rex and Gregor are just like 👀🤷🏻‍♀️

Just thinking about Howzer saying "I will not abandon my squad. They are good men. I have to try to get through to them."

Just thinking about how deep this must have hit Hunter for him to stop and hesitate, looking back at Howzer -

- and then Hunter does leave with his squad, but I also think he senses Crosshair's attention being on them as he turns back to look -

- and I just keep thinking about how conflicted Hunter must have been all season long, but I imagine the inner conflict reaches a peak here.

Because he is abandoning a member of his squad. He hasn't been able to get through to Crosshair - granted, the last time they met wasn't exactly conducive to deep conversation anyway, but Crosshair, the brother Hunter remembers, was a good man.

And yet... Hunter has to look out for the other four members of his squad, too. He can't abandon them, either. As he told Omega earlier, "Being strategic means knowing your limitations." And he can't risk everyone else, all the other good people on his squad, in a mad attempt to blast through endless Imperial resources and kidnap an angry brother who has given precious little indication that he wants to return to the squad anyway.

I do think Hunter is angry at himself, and at Crosshair; but mostly I think he is hurt, and confused, and uncertain, and trying to weigh the risks and figure out how best to protect the family - including Crosshair.

And I think Hunter spends a lot of time up until Crosshair returns trying to figure out how he could have gotten through to him.

And it just breaks my heart 💔

hi howzer! :D

do you have any funny stories from the war by chance? my dad had a lot to share from his time that were pretty funny! hope you're doing well, btw!

From the war? Eh. It was ugly.

From the time outside of it? Now you're talkin.

Watching a room full of diplomats, warriors, and civil leaders try to keep their expressions neutral when Orn Free Taa's uncontrollable flatulence strikes up during meetings is always a good time. Also why Gobi isn't allowed in them anymore.

An entire squad once got matching tattoos of their captain... on their ass cheeks...

I'm sure there are more...

Maybe someone thought you could use a reminder.

What kind of man is Howzer? 1000 word minimum MLA format due in an hour.

FIRST OF ALL, I opened this at 6am my time. Closed it, laid back down in bed... and my mind immediately started racing with a thesis, concrete details, and commentary.

Then I thought, "No one would read that... And you have so much to do this week... And writing time should be spent on the Hunter fic anyway... And that'd be a silly waste of time... And I think anon was joking..."

So, without further ado...

The body has a word count of 1124, and the entire work is available also in photographic form for those who are opposed to clicking a link. 😉

I expect compensation for this. 😉

Hi again Howzer! 🩵 I just thought of another question. What do you (and other clones) think about the accelerated aging gene? Is it something that scares you?

Well, some of us say "live fast and die hard"...

Others try not to think about it.

It's hard to imagine any other way, to be honest. Like, how would you feel if you had the option to live 200 years? It's kinda fascinating to think about. :)

Um.

That's... Uhh.

That's not mine.

If Howzer was stationed on Ryloth for as long as I think most of us assumed, then he absolutely knows Twi’leki. Maybe he’s fluent, maybe he only knows the curse words, but he absolutely mumbles it under his breath whenever he’s mad, and Rex and Gregor are just like 👀🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi Captain. Since it's Valentine's Day here on my world, I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that... um... from the first moment you appeared on my screen, you've held a special place in my heart, and what you did to uphold integrity and stand up to the Empire was truly amazing. You're as wonderful as you are sexy. That is all.

Ahem. Um. Well. That's... That's real nice. I... uhh... I don't really know what to say. Thank you?

Howzer, Sir! It's eternal-transcience here to report! I have a fantastic joke you might appreciate (but if its bad, I 100% got it from a chocolate bar wrapper):

why did the penguin find nothing in the market? Because there was no sole left :D 🤣

Wait. How is it you and anonymous?

This technology stuff is ridiculous.

I... um... don't get the joke... But it might be because I'm wildly distracted at the fact that there is chocolate with jokes?! Where... uh... where might one acquire such a thing? :O

this is me jumping on the captain howzer simp train

hi have you ever had sex?

I mean... At least you said "hi" first...?

I'm gonna go ahead and leave this one up to you... Whatever you prefer to... uh... envision.