Room 424 [Wednesday evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben returned to his room from his club activities just in time for his father to call. A shuttle would be picking him up Friday afternoon for an assignment to be explained when he arrived on Endor.

Ben sighed as he sat down on the floor. At least it was his father calling the shots--he was pretty sure that meant he wouldn't be assassinating anyone this trip home.

But he'd probably need his lightsaber.

He pulled the parts for the new hilt out from under his bed and began welding them together using nothing but the Force. If the weapon was going to be his, it had to be built the old-fashioned way.

And for Jedi, it didn't get more old-fashioned than this.

Ben was so focused on the weapon floating above his lap that he didn't realize he'd left the door cracked open.

[OOC: Open door, open post...]

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[momslilassassin]

Ben moved away from Jaina's shoulder--he wasn't a little kid, after all, even if had been really nice to be there for a bit.

"I'm heading home on Friday afternoon," he said. "I didn't want you to worry if you couldn't find me or something."

[solo_sword]

"Thanks for telling me," she said, starting to wonder if they didn't need some sort of phone tree or E-mail chain for that kind of thing right now. "Do me a favor, and give your dad an extra hug from me? And if you think you're too old for that, suck it up and do it anyway."

[momslilassassin]

Ben smiled. "I'll suck it up," he promised. "Do you want other you to get a hug, too, or are you okay?"

He frowned. "...weird sentence," he decided.

[solo_sword]

Jaina grinned. "I say do it, if only because I love that weird sentence," she said, though she definitely tried to sneak him a quick hug, too.

[momslilassassin]

And because it was Jaina (and no one was watching), he allowed it. "See you soon," he promised.

[solo_sword]

She gave him a smile before getting up to go, heading down to work and not think about things too hard.