"I am called Ssathua, honored elder," the little Trandoshan replied, remembering to mind his manners.  These<em>were</em>Jedi, after all, and even though his clan had all but pushed him onto the transport that brought him here, they would still have been gravely annoyed had he forgotten to pay respects to his instructors.  Yet he could not quite bring himself to look away from this giant, who reminded him of nothing so much as a tree shedding fibrous bark in strips, and thus almost gave the Wookie a challenge-stare out of sheer fascination.