Wasting the Day in Bedlam/18

Please note: These entries were transcribed from illegible handwriting and the bracketed words may or may not be correct.

Third month, 10th day, 28 ABY

I was cooking something I had bought from the commissary (we have a nanowave that we can use) and it [illegible] burned a bit and set off the [smoke] detectors. Mandak, who was on duty, handled it and told me rather sternly that I be more careful, else I lose the nanowave [privelage] [sic].

It was an accident! Inmates burn food often and they don't lose their nanowave [privelages] [sic]! I [illegible] considered explaining this to Mandak, but deemed it pointless to try. Next time I want to [illegible] cook something, I'll wait until Kubisiak is on duty. He isn't as strict.

I haven't seen Kubisiak lately. Mandak took his shift and Dek'rd and Makibbin work the unit. Perhaps Kubisiak [transferred] to another unit. I should ask.

Third month, 12th day, 28 ABY

It was warm outside, so [illegible] Dek'rd asked if I'd like to take rec on the yard today. So, I accompanied Dek'rd, [Makibbin], and Mandak out on the yard. Rather [than] just walk the track, I played two-on-two [netball] with the guards, [illegible] Dek'rd on my team. It was a close game. Though, Mandak [had] fouled me.

No one really said anything about the foul. It was an accident anyway; Mandak is [considerably] taller than me. It doesn't take much to knock me off my feet.

Third month, 13th day, 28 ABY

Earlier last night, Zuckuss [illegible] had meditated and recieved [sic] intuitive [illegible] knowledge. This afternoon, he took rec out on the yard. He [led] the guards to a corner of the yard, where Zuckuss found three marbles. He told the guards to dig there and they will find a cache of weapons. Dek'rd and Mandak ushered Zuckuss to the door and [illegible] Makibbin called the SRT. * Zuckuss watched from the doorway and the SRT found twelve shanks!

Dek'rd asked Zuckuss where he got his information and Zuckuss explained that he saw it in the mists. Mandak asked if Zuckuss [knew] who put the shivs there, and additional information [regarding] the hidden cache, and Zuckuss said that regretfully he was not privy to such things as of yet, but he offered to look to the mists for more.

Zuckuss asked Dek'rd if he could keep the three marbles he had found, as a physical reminder of the [parts] of himself that he has only [illegible] recently managed to [rediscover]. Dek'rd said that he needs to catalog the marbles as evidence of the weapons cache, but he will see what he can do about getting them back to Zuckuss.

Dek'rd is a likable guard. He understands that Zuckuss's [illegible] incarceration is due to him being a victim of circumstance. [Whereas] Mandak [illegible] posited the ridiculous notion that Zuckuss had anything to do with the weapons cache! Dek'rd discounted that notion and [illegible] told Mandak that [illegible] he will speak to the warden about using Zuckuss's abilities to further aid the prison as this find may have prevented an inmate riot!

Zuckuss may once again be a findsman. A findsman behind bars.

''Doctor's note: SRT refers to the Special Response Team, a unit of corrections officers charged with quelling inmate riots and conducting raids on the cell blocks. These guards usually handle the contraband searches.''

''The very possibility of using Zuckuss as an inmate informant would put him in considerable danger within the population, so I will make sure that if such a consideration is made, that more steps are taken to ensure his safety. But, to put Zuckuss back to work would certainly help aid his recovery, as he will have his routines. Zuckuss has expressed discontent with being "taken away" from his career, but if permitted to become an inmate informant, that should help to ease his mood. However, he would also need to take more care in what he discloses in his journals, as if any of his items were stolen, or if any of the other inmates found out about his position, his life would be in danger. Too many times have inmate informants been killed due to some small amount of information making its way to the general population.''

''Zuckuss's metaphor with the marbles serving as a physical totem of his mental health is interesting and not of Gand culture, as the idiom of losing one's marbles is Corellian in origin. That may have been something he either picked up over the years, or the Corellian personality accessing his active consciousness. &mdash;Dr. Gawynn Karastee''