Room 424 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

An afternoon thinking he was a little girl had not been exactly what Ben had been planning, though the distraction had been kind of a relief.

...not that he'd admit that.

He was in his room, carefully examining his air vent to see how the gremlin had gotten in and looking to see if there was a way to discourage them from returning without breaking the terms of the treaty.

The door was open a crack.

[OOC: Post is open completely!]

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[solo_sword]

She stared. "You got bitten and I missed it?"

Nice, Jaina.

[momslilassassin]

"I didn't go around hugging people and thrusting my hips at them," he said, almost smiling.

[solo_sword]

Jaina sighed. "I'm going to hit him. What'd you do?"

[momslilassassin]

"Tapdanced," Ben mumbled.

[solo_sword]

"That doesn't sound too bad," she considered.

[momslilassassin]

"I also thought I was a five year old girl?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina frowned. "Okay, that part does sound bad."

[momslilassassin]

"I giggled and skipped," Ben said, making a face. "Not my favorite things."

[solo_sword]

"At least it's over?" She was trying for a bright side.

[momslilassassin]

"And I'm fairly sure there isn't footage," Ben said, nodding.

[solo_sword]

"That's just not fair," she decided. Everything of her got captured on film somehow. Or on Artoo. "So, tapdancing aside, how are you doing?"

[momslilassassin]

And up went the shields. "Fine."

[solo_sword]

She didn't even blink. She was getting used to that kind of response from him. "I know there are things you can't or won't tell me. Just give me an adjective that's not 'fine'."

[momslilassassin]

"Fantastic," Ben tried.

[solo_sword]

"Truth?" she asked. She knew better, she was just curious whether he'd actually admit it when he had to know she knew better.

[momslilassassin]

He shrugged. "Not as good as last time."

Translation: people died.

[solo_sword]

Since she probably wasn't going to get an answer about how he was doing, she tried, "How's your dad?"

[momslilassassin]

"Back to being himself," Ben said, and that much was true, even if Luke had aged about a decade in a month and a half.

[solo_sword]

That had to be a good sign. "Good. Right?" It was kind of weird when she didn't even have outright questions to ask.

[momslilassassin]

"Reassuring," Ben said with a tiny smile. "Something has to stay the same." And when Luke had flailed, so had everyone else, or so it had seemed to Ben.

[solo_sword]

"About time you had some sort of reassurance," she said, definitely relieved to see some sort of smile from him.

[momslilassassin]

Ben nudged his shoulder against hers. "How are you? And you can't say fine either."

[solo_sword]

She took a breath, answering, "I'm okay. I mean it. I know, it's weird."

[momslilassassin]

"Did you see him before he changed back?" Ben asked. He hoped the answer was no.

[solo_sword]

"A couple times," she replied. "It was probably the most disturbing thing I've ever seen, which is saying a lot." And yet here she was, okay with it.