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[oratorical]

And what about smugglers that want princesses on their ships?

[unless those ships are meant as a no princess zone or something like that.]

Though those older models do have their uses.

[captainscruffy]

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.]

[oratorical]

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.]

[captainscruffy]

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.]

[oratorical]

[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.

[captainscruffy]

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.]

[oratorical]

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.