"Thank you, my dear," I said to her. Then I turned to the Wookie.
	And I surprised everyone on again when I said, "Grroooogrrraaawrrrrrrrrrmph."
	You may not know it, but Hondo can speak Shyriiwook, the language of the Wookies. I am good with guttural tongues, though I confess I speak Ugnaught with a slight accent. I "oink" when I should "groink." But what I said then to Chewbacca was an old Wookie proverb. It is hard to express in Basic, but it goes something like this: "People often mistakenly judge a tree by its branches, but a wise Wookie knows its strength is in its roots."
	Well, that surprised Chewbacca. He looked at me differently after that. Perhaps he realized there was more to old Hondo than he'd at first thought. He turned to Han Solo and shrugged.

- Chapter 3, Page 61-62