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bailedontheempire) wrote2030-01-21 07:26 pm
bailedontheempire) wrote2030-01-21 07:26 pm
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[Her last conversation with Ezra has Leia's mind drifting to something she never really spent much time considering. And there's really only a few people she knows could help her with this.]
Is this a good time? There's something I was wondering about, and I'd like your help with it.
Is this a good time? There's something I was wondering about, and I'd like your help with it.
I always have time for you.
[Especially here. With no Senate to keep up with]
[Especially here. With no Senate to keep up with]
[She smiles, both unable and unwilling to keep back the warm emotions his answer brings out.]
It's not particularly important, but another conversation brought it to mind. Between Luke and I, which one of us is older?
It's not particularly important, but another conversation brought it to mind. Between Luke and I, which one of us is older?
[He gives her a puzzled look]
You're twins. I thought you would have found that out with the rest.
You're twins. I thought you would have found that out with the rest.
We do, but that's not what I meant. One of us had to be born before the other.
[Which is something she never gave much thought to before now, but with the question planted in her mind, she can't help but think on it. Especially since she can't quite guess based on how the both of them behave.]
[Which is something she never gave much thought to before now, but with the question planted in her mind, she can't help but think on it. Especially since she can't quite guess based on how the both of them behave.]
[He's not sure how much it really matters. But at the same time there's no reason to withhold the information.]
In that case. Luke, but only by a few minutes.
In that case. Luke, but only by a few minutes.
[it's important, okay. It just is. She raises her eyebrows, not because she doesn't believe him, but because maybe it's not entirely what she was expecting.]
Luke is, really? Somehow that's surprising.
Luke is, really? Somehow that's surprising.
You expected to be older?
[He hasn't had much of a chance to talk to the boy yet]
[He hasn't had much of a chance to talk to the boy yet]
I'm not sure what I expected.
[Which is the honest truth, since he's one of the few people she can feel comfortable being open with. But maybe a part of her did think she was the older one, because Luke was so excitable and open when they first met.]
Luke hasn't always been as mature as he is now.
[Which is the honest truth, since he's one of the few people she can feel comfortable being open with. But maybe a part of her did think she was the older one, because Luke was so excitable and open when they first met.]
Luke hasn't always been as mature as he is now.
I do seem to recall that that was how time used to work.
[Now there's a lot of compelling evidence to the contrary.]
[Now there's a lot of compelling evidence to the contrary.]
[she gives a knowing, almost wry sort of smile at that. Because oops they're two of the biggest examples of time not working like it should here.]
That's not quite what I meant. It's more... his Jedi training helped Luke become more serious than before.
[because Luke was always kind of an excitable puppy back when they first met. He still was, just maybe not as much of one.]
That's not quite what I meant. It's more... his Jedi training helped Luke become more serious than before.
[because Luke was always kind of an excitable puppy back when they first met. He still was, just maybe not as much of one.]
That's always been one trait the Jedi had an abundance of.
[It was almost eerie, actually. Then again, he'd mostly known them in times of crisis.]
I'm not sure a few minutes would matter either way on that front though.
[It was almost eerie, actually. Then again, he'd mostly known them in times of crisis.]
I'm not sure a few minutes would matter either way on that front though.
Yes, I've noticed as much from the other Jedi here.
[It's super weird and kind of unsettling, honestly. Too calm and too serious and too peaceful even in more difficult situations, at least as far as Leia has seen.]
It may not make much of a difference, but it's still good to know.
[since, after all, there's so very little she knows about her birth family. Nothing more than what she's experienced of them here, and those vague memories she has of what her mother must have been like.]
[It's super weird and kind of unsettling, honestly. Too calm and too serious and too peaceful even in more difficult situations, at least as far as Leia has seen.]
It may not make much of a difference, but it's still good to know.
[since, after all, there's so very little she knows about her birth family. Nothing more than what she's experienced of them here, and those vague memories she has of what her mother must have been like.]
[Valentine's Day is decidedly not a thing in space, but well, most of the holidays everyone here seems to celebrate weren't a thing either. But if it's a holiday with meaning behind it that Leia can get behind, like this one, she has no qualms about celebrating along with it. Because a holiday celebrating the people you love and care for the most is one she can't disagree with.
It's only natural that she'd get Bail something, him being one of the most important people to her here, and it was just as natural that she'd choose to deliver this one herself. Which is why, on the 14th, Leia shows up at Bail's door, a box containing a few strawberry shortcake cupcakes in hand.]
It's only natural that she'd get Bail something, him being one of the most important people to her here, and it was just as natural that she'd choose to deliver this one herself. Which is why, on the 14th, Leia shows up at Bail's door, a box containing a few strawberry shortcake cupcakes in hand.]
[Bail smiles when he sees her. He also has something for her. It took him a while to find good approximation for Alderaanian ingredients, but the resulting pastries should taste of home]
I wasn't sure if you'd be with Han all day or not.
I wasn't sure if you'd be with Han all day or not.
[She returns his smile, always glad to see him, holiday or no holiday.]
No, not all day. Han's at the airship docks right now, I'm sure. He bought a ship a few days ago, and he's been spending most of his time fixing it up.
[Which she's glad about, not just because Han has been in a fantastic mood since getting the ship, but also because with the ship as beat-up as it was, it needed the work.]
No, not all day. Han's at the airship docks right now, I'm sure. He bought a ship a few days ago, and he's been spending most of his time fixing it up.
[Which she's glad about, not just because Han has been in a fantastic mood since getting the ship, but also because with the ship as beat-up as it was, it needed the work.]
Sounds like quite the project.
I wasn't sure whether you'd be busy since it seems like a day to spend with your...
[He's not actually clear on what the relationship there is]
I wasn't sure whether you'd be busy since it seems like a day to spend with your...
[He's not actually clear on what the relationship there is]
Husband, is what we decided on.
[because it's complicated, between people already expecting them to be married in the future. Even if they haven't actually gotten married yet, it's not like those feelings weren't there to begin with. It makes more sense to her, since any other descriptor just doesn't seem right for their relationship.]
[because it's complicated, between people already expecting them to be married in the future. Even if they haven't actually gotten married yet, it's not like those feelings weren't there to begin with. It makes more sense to her, since any other descriptor just doesn't seem right for their relationship.]
[Bail raises an eyebrow]
I didn't miss something, did I?
I didn't miss something, did I?
[Leia blinks in just the slightest bit of confusion at his question. Well, she knows there's a lot she didn't explain, but she didn't think it was all that surprising.]
No? We only really decided on this a few weeks ago. It's easier to describe things this way than the alternative.
[Because the whole "married in the future" and who even really knows the right word for their relationship as it was back home is a bit confusing to deal with. Especially with the next piece of information she has to share.
Leia pauses, biting at her lip as she decides how to even bring up Ben. But well, direct is probably for the best.]
Especially considering one of the people here from far in the future happens to be our son.
No? We only really decided on this a few weeks ago. It's easier to describe things this way than the alternative.
[Because the whole "married in the future" and who even really knows the right word for their relationship as it was back home is a bit confusing to deal with. Especially with the next piece of information she has to share.
Leia pauses, biting at her lip as she decides how to even bring up Ben. But well, direct is probably for the best.]
Especially considering one of the people here from far in the future happens to be our son.
[the first person Leia reaches out to immediately after the confrontation with Anakin is Bail himself. Partially for some sort of comfort, if she's being honest, but largely because out of everyone, he's the one with the most pressing need to know. Since, after all, Anakin had threatened him. Repeatedly.
It's voice this time, not image, because Leia isn't sure she trusts herself to keep an even expression on her face. Even with her best efforts, the anger, hurt, and fear resulting from her encounter with Anakin pulse faintly in the background of her message. She's trying to keep it together, to not let on just how much she's actually bothered by all this, because it's not the time. Not when she has more pressing things to worry about first. Not when she expected this to happen eventually. She just didn't expect the threats to Bail that came along with it.]
Someone told Anakin.
It's voice this time, not image, because Leia isn't sure she trusts herself to keep an even expression on her face. Even with her best efforts, the anger, hurt, and fear resulting from her encounter with Anakin pulse faintly in the background of her message. She's trying to keep it together, to not let on just how much she's actually bothered by all this, because it's not the time. Not when she has more pressing things to worry about first. Not when she expected this to happen eventually. She just didn't expect the threats to Bail that came along with it.]
Someone told Anakin.
I would hate to have missed a wedding.
[He will, he knows, but still. And then she says something else. Something that brightens every colour in the room.]
I have a grandson?
[He will, he knows, but still. And then she says something else. Something that brightens every colour in the room.]
I have a grandson?
Edited 2017-02-21 23:15 (UTC)
[There's a sharp intake of breath. With this many people with disparate loyalties it was bound to happen sooner or later. He had hoped for later.]
How bad?
How bad?
Edited 2017-02-21 23:29 (UTC)
[The slight chill creeping around them as a result of his mentioning weddings (because he will miss it, and she knows it just as well, and it's why she can't bring herself to even pretend to entertain the idea of a big ceremony back home. But here? Well, that's a different idea and a conversation for a different time) dissipates immediately at his question.
Leia nods, a smile spreading across her face. Because well, Ben may be... a disaster, really, and there's a lot about him that she isn't sure how or if she even wants to explain, but his existence isn't one of those, not to Bail.]
His name is Ben. He's... not the most sociable person, but he's here.
Leia nods, a smile spreading across her face. Because well, Ben may be... a disaster, really, and there's a lot about him that she isn't sure how or if she even wants to explain, but his existence isn't one of those, not to Bail.]
His name is Ben. He's... not the most sociable person, but he's here.
[She's able to keep her voice level as she responds, somehow, but the fear, anger, and hurt from before are still there behind her words. She doesn't know who's responsible, but she's determined to find out. But, later. Not now.]
I'm asking one of the Jedi here, a man named Qui-Gon Jinn, to stay with you.
[Which is enough of an answer. If he wanted to know how Anakin confronted her, well, she's dodging that question until asked outright.]
I'm asking one of the Jedi here, a man named Qui-Gon Jinn, to stay with you.
[Which is enough of an answer. If he wanted to know how Anakin confronted her, well, she's dodging that question until asked outright.]
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