Leia "fITE ME" Organa (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
oratorical) wrote2016-05-05 08:19 pm
oratorical) wrote2016-05-05 08:19 pm
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I'll be there to keep you safe, so you don't have to worry about that. I'm much more efficient than any droid, too.
[and, you know, it feels really good to be able to tease her like this without her totally shutting down on him.]
[and, you know, it feels really good to be able to tease her like this without her totally shutting down on him.]
I know.
[which, as a brief break from the gentle teasing, is an entirely honest, genuine response. If there's anywhere in the galaxy--here or back home--she can feel safe and comfortable, it's when she's with Han, because she trusts him and his abilities completely.
But it's back to teasing after that.]
I think poor TooVee might have disagreed, though, even only on principle. She'd say you're far too scruffy to protect some more reliably than her. But you know, it's funny; had things been different, we might have had the chance to find out.
[find out how much a droid with a programming that valued nice fancy clothing and proper behavior would've reacted to Han, that is.]
[which, as a brief break from the gentle teasing, is an entirely honest, genuine response. If there's anywhere in the galaxy--here or back home--she can feel safe and comfortable, it's when she's with Han, because she trusts him and his abilities completely.
But it's back to teasing after that.]
I think poor TooVee might have disagreed, though, even only on principle. She'd say you're far too scruffy to protect some more reliably than her. But you know, it's funny; had things been different, we might have had the chance to find out.
[find out how much a droid with a programming that valued nice fancy clothing and proper behavior would've reacted to Han, that is.]
I think I like you exactly the way things did happen.
[a sentence that would not have made sense before this whole debacle they just got through with, but is said now with genuine affection.]
Fussy droid along for the ride or not, eh?
[he's assuming she means there's a chance that droid could have ended up with her on the rebel base but didn't, it seems.]
[a sentence that would not have made sense before this whole debacle they just got through with, but is said now with genuine affection.]
Fussy droid along for the ride or not, eh?
[he's assuming she means there's a chance that droid could have ended up with her on the rebel base but didn't, it seems.]
[a convoluted sentence, yes, but Leia fully understands what he means. And rather than saying she agrees (because both Han and Luke were the best things that could've happened after the Death Star, and she needed the both of them in her life after that), Leia places a light, affectionate kiss on his cheek. She figures that says everything she wants or needs to say on the matter.]
We almost met three years before all that. If someone hadn't taken off before I could reach his sufficiently scruffy-looking ship, I wonder what would've happened.
We almost met three years before all that. If someone hadn't taken off before I could reach his sufficiently scruffy-looking ship, I wonder what would've happened.
Me?
[he asks, as though it wasn't completely obvious. he's surprised, okay, especially since she melted him a little with that kiss first.]
Where did you almost meet me? Couldn't have been Alderaan--and--hey, you never even said all this time!
[he doesn't sound mad at all, though. more amazed and possibly slightly bewildered.]
[he asks, as though it wasn't completely obvious. he's surprised, okay, especially since she melted him a little with that kiss first.]
Where did you almost meet me? Couldn't have been Alderaan--and--hey, you never even said all this time!
[he doesn't sound mad at all, though. more amazed and possibly slightly bewildered.]
Well, I never saw you, only the Falcon.
[and even then, it took her a while to remember that ship that took off without her and connect it with some odd lingering feeling she had from the Falcon. Since YT model freighters were older in general, so she could never be sure until she had gotten more familiar with the Falcon itself.]
I was on Coruscant and needed a nondescript ride off-planet. I was even prepared to offer an entire brick of untraceable credits for a ride.
[and even then, it took her a while to remember that ship that took off without her and connect it with some odd lingering feeling she had from the Falcon. Since YT model freighters were older in general, so she could never be sure until she had gotten more familiar with the Falcon itself.]
I was on Coruscant and needed a nondescript ride off-planet. I was even prepared to offer an entire brick of untraceable credits for a ride.
[After this and this.]
[Ezra's "voice" comes across as a little lackluster, empathetic but borderline depressed. It hasn't been a good past few days for him since Ahsoka disappeared. Still, he saw Leia's warning, and Anakin's response, and he can guess she's having a rough time, too.]
Are you okay?
[Ezra's "voice" comes across as a little lackluster, empathetic but borderline depressed. It hasn't been a good past few days for him since Ahsoka disappeared. Still, he saw Leia's warning, and Anakin's response, and he can guess she's having a rough time, too.]
Are you okay?
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[She notices that tone in Ezra's voice, and in true Leia fashion when she doesn't want to talk about herself, that's what she focuses on.]
It sounds as if I should be asking you that.
It sounds as if I should be asking you that.
I'm sorry to hear it.
[And she does genuinely mean it, too.]
I didn't know Ahsoka very well here, but I think she and Han were close. He hired her to work on the Hawk.
[And she does genuinely mean it, too.]
I didn't know Ahsoka very well here, but I think she and Han were close. He hired her to work on the Hawk.
I'll be sure to tell him, if he isn't aware already. I won't make you talk to him yourself.
[unless she learns it was Ezra impersonating him, then it's a different story.]
[
[Yeah, Ezra's not bringing that up.]
Thanks.
He might already know, I guess. What with...
[Then again, maybe it's not a good idea to bring up Anakin's message.
Except isn't that half the reason why he called her?]
...you sure you're okay, Leia?
Thanks.
He might already know, I guess. What with...
[Then again, maybe it's not a good idea to bring up Anakin's message.
Except isn't that half the reason why he called her?]
...you sure you're okay, Leia?
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I don't regret my actions, if that's what you mean.
[Well no it's not an answer, but that's the answer he's getting for now.]
[Well no it's not an answer, but that's the answer he's getting for now.]
Wasn't expecting you to.
[And he's not going to ask her to regret them, either, even if he's not sure if this will make it even harder than before to try to keep Anakin from turning. He knows where she was coming from, giving out that warning, and he can't entirely blame her. Anakin's breakdown had been disturbing, and that's not even counting her history with Vader.]
I just mean... I know you didn't want people to know.
[And he's not going to ask her to regret them, either, even if he's not sure if this will make it even harder than before to try to keep Anakin from turning. He knows where she was coming from, giving out that warning, and he can't entirely blame her. Anakin's breakdown had been disturbing, and that's not even counting her history with Vader.]
I just mean... I know you didn't want people to know.
[Well no she didn't want people to know. Still doesn't want people to know. Her hopes are relying on people being distracted by the rest of Anakin's annoying nonsense to pick up on that one word. There's a quick feeling of anger, panic and helplessness before it's clamped down on as Leia responds.]
I didn't expect him to just sit back and do nothing.
[But she expected more of him trying to hunt her down and scream at her and threaten her again. Which would be bad, but she'd rather that be focused at her than anyone else who wasn't aware of who Anakin is.]
But it does not give him a right to call me that.
I didn't expect him to just sit back and do nothing.
[But she expected more of him trying to hunt her down and scream at her and threaten her again. Which would be bad, but she'd rather that be focused at her than anyone else who wasn't aware of who Anakin is.]
But it does not give him a right to call me that.
Perhaps not.
[Not to the extent anyone back home would, at least, but that's not much reassurance really.]
I'd rather not have to explain myself to anyone who brings it up.
[Not to the extent anyone back home would, at least, but that's not much reassurance really.]
I'd rather not have to explain myself to anyone who brings it up.
If I don't answer, they'll go to Anakin with their questions.
[Questions he's not qualified to answer and clearly possesses no understanding of how things actually are or how Leia sees them.]
[Questions he's not qualified to answer and clearly possesses no understanding of how things actually are or how Leia sees them.]
[Ezra frowns, seeing the trap Leia's caught in there.]
Well, you still don't have to tell them everything. It's none of their business anyway.
[Even he doesn't know everything, he's sure, and he knows she's told him a lot about what happens in the future.]
Well, you still don't have to tell them everything. It's none of their business anyway.
[Even he doesn't know everything, he's sure, and he knows she's told him a lot about what happens in the future.]
I'm sure there's more even I don't know. And honestly, I have no interest in finding out. I never really cared much about it.
[it being finding things out about her birth parents, that is. She has Bail and Breha, and they're all the parents she could ever need or want. And while there's some curiosity there now, more on the side of learning about Padme than Anakin, she'd be happier if things were like relative strangers between her and Anakin.]
[it being finding things out about her birth parents, that is. She has Bail and Breha, and they're all the parents she could ever need or want. And while there's some curiosity there now, more on the side of learning about Padme than Anakin, she'd be happier if things were like relative strangers between her and Anakin.]
[Ezra makes a noise that's not entirely agreement, but not exactly an argument either. It's a dissatisfied sound born from his own confused bias of having both loving birth parents and an adopted "family" of sorts that he wouldn't want to give up either.]
Even your birth mom?
[He gets why she wants to disclaim Anakin, but he doesn't really know anything about her birth mother.]
Even your birth mom?
[He gets why she wants to disclaim Anakin, but he doesn't really know anything about her birth mother.]
I already have a mother. It feels disrespectful to consider another person such.
[Even if it's her birth mother, even if she has slight memories of her which she can only assume is the Force's doing, it doesn't matter. Her parents are the Organas; they're all she could have wanted and more.]
It's not as if I don't know who she is now, but she's not my mother any more than Anakin is my father.
[Well, literally they are, yes, but they aren't who Leia considers her mother and father, and that's what matters more if you ask her.]
[Even if it's her birth mother, even if she has slight memories of her which she can only assume is the Force's doing, it doesn't matter. Her parents are the Organas; they're all she could have wanted and more.]
It's not as if I don't know who she is now, but she's not my mother any more than Anakin is my father.
[Well, literally they are, yes, but they aren't who Leia considers her mother and father, and that's what matters more if you ask her.]
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I guess I don't understand why you can't have both. I love my parents, but I also... Kanan and Hera... [There's audible awkwardness in his voice when it comes to defining his relationship to the two Rebels who've taken something like a parental role in his life. Doesn't help that he's never exactly addressed it with them either.
He finally gives up and just plows on.]
They can't replace my parents, but they're still important to me. I don't think my parents would feel betrayed by that.
He finally gives up and just plows on.]
They can't replace my parents, but they're still important to me. I don't think my parents would feel betrayed by that.
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