Feast of Rivals

Her fingers flew across the holographic keyboard of her Holocom device.

'Kaelen, are you alright?'

Light-years away on a desolate, rocky planet, Kaelen stared at his cracked screen. A wide grin broke across his dirt-smudged face, a stark contrast to the ruined landscape around him. She was worried about him. She did not blame him for the sudden radio silence or the delay in his arrival.

'I am