Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale is a short story written by M. Shayne Bell for Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina which was published by Bantam Spectra in August 1995 and is a Short Story about Ariq Joanson. It takes place in 0 BBY.

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Ariq Joanson is a moisture farmer on Tatooine, living closer to the edge of the Dune Sea than any farmer has previously dared to live, in an attempt to draw Water from the air in the area. As the tale opens, he fears for his life from a wandering band of Sand People congregating around one of his vaporator, attempting to break it open for a reason he can't think of. He drives up in his Landspeeder, and they are startled off by the sound of human machinery, but he is certain they'll be back once they get over their fear. While waiting for them, he comes up with the assumption that they might be after the water. The territory was theirs previously, they likely were collecting the water themselves before he came to take it. He opens up the vaporator and takes out the water it has collected in a pouch, and leaves it in the sand before returning to his 'speeder. The Sand People return, find the water, and give some to their youngest member before transferring the rest into an animal skin pouch, being careful not to spill a drop. They turn towards Joanson, and neither party speaks. Suddenly, one of the Sand People raises his fist in the air. After a bit of hesitation, Joanson does likewise. They stay like that for a moment, then the Sand People turned and vanished into the desert. Joanson pledged to leave the water from that vaporator to them from then on, and buy two last-generation vaporators from his friend Eyvind to return his production levels to normal.

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• Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina