Thrawn's target rushes forward, catching him low enough that despite his own exceedingly resilient strength, leverage wins out over sheer force— they both go tumbling backwards into loamy soil, teeth bared and fingertips fisted tightly into weighted fabric— but the Chiss isn’t so quick to concede.
His knee raises, hooking in against his prey’s side as momentum finds them, continuing their tumble so that Thrawn instead comes out on top: his weight pinned thoroughly and sharply down upon—
Crimson eyes widen, air hitching as it leaves his lungs without bothering to return, more rasping reverberation than humanity in his voice when he at last chokes out:]
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Thrawn's target rushes forward, catching him low enough that despite his own exceedingly resilient strength, leverage wins out over sheer force— they both go tumbling backwards into loamy soil, teeth bared and fingertips fisted tightly into weighted fabric— but the Chiss isn’t so quick to concede.
His knee raises, hooking in against his prey’s side as momentum finds them, continuing their tumble so that Thrawn instead comes out on top: his weight pinned thoroughly and sharply down upon—
Crimson eyes widen, air hitching as it leaves his lungs without bothering to return, more rasping reverberation than humanity in his voice when he at last chokes out:]
—Commander Vanto?