Biblis painting

Biblis painting
A Lily Pond
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
American Day Dream
with relief. "I knew you wouldn't leave me out here all alone! We've got to getyou out of here." Knowing that Luke's salvation—and his own—lay in the speed of the Tauntaun,Han moved toward the beast, carrying the young warrior limply in his arms. Butbefore he could drape the unconscious form over the animal's back, the snow-lizardgave an agonized roar, then fell into a shaggy gray heap on the snow. Laying hiscompanion down, Han rushed to the side of the fallen creature. The Tauntaun madeone final sound, not a roar or bellow but only a sickly rasp. Then the beast wassilent. Solo gripped the Tauntaun's hide, his numbed fingers searching for even theslightest indication of life. "Deader than a Triton moon," he said, knowing that Lukedid not hear a word. "We haven't got much time." Resting Luke's motionless form against the belly of the dead snow-lizard, Hanproceeded to work. It might be something of a sacrilege, he mused, using a JediKnight's favorite weapon like this, but right now Luke's lightsaber was the mostefficient and precise tool to cut through the thick skin of a Tauntaun.