Editing Star Wars Red Ledge/Lyta Connora (section)

===Item: Special Pet===
Usually accompanying her is her pet lenorat, 'Tink', who often perches on her shoulder and sometimes helps with simple tasks in repairs (and sabotage).  Lenorats are endemic to Rendili, one of the dominant groups of flyers in its ecosystem -  arm-sized, black, mostly hairy creatures with four limbs modified to support finely-scaled leathery wings, bare scaly heads, a prehensile tail, and bone-white, prehensile snouts.  Smaller lenorids form large, complex social flocks called 'forums', but the true lenorat is more solitary, foraging an individual territory and usually forming close bonds only with neighbors.  They are intelligent creatures, trainable if given the proper care, and able to perform fine manipulation with their proboscis.

Lyta picked up Tink from home on her last leave before defecting.  He was technically her baby brother's pet, but Willem had neglected his care in the final year of secondary school, so she took him with her on a whim rather than leave him to be grudgingly cared for by the house-servants.  Initially she had trepidations about keeping him with her in the field when she joined the rebels, but she kept him smuggled on her person while escaping.  On one leg of the journey, she was frantically reaching for a tool while trying to divert life-support on the automated freighter so she could keep breathing, and he passed her the tool.  Ever since, he's served her in much the same role as a light-duty carriage utility droid would.  Which is good, because like many Clone Wars veterans, she has some prejudice against droids - which she has to bite back on in her present company, of course.