Room 424 [evening]

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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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"Jesus, and I thought this weekend was bad enough," John murmured, slowly leaning against a convenient piece of furniture.

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"I'm an overachiever," Ben said with a completely humorless smile.

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"Sounds like," John frowned at the weird smile. "Sometimes talking helps. Jaina likes to make me try when I get all weird."

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Ben snorted. "Jaina tries to make you talk?"

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"Yeah, she's big on me sharing. Ironic, huh?" John verified.

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"Completely," Ben said. Oh, look at him trying to change the subject.

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John looked at him for a moment and decided to just ask. "What happened back home? I know you said everybody died, but you didn't say anything about your Jaina and that worries me, being as I have a bit of an attachment to this Jaina and who knows how your present and her future are tied."

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Ben stared at his hands for a long, long time.

"She killed him," he said softly.

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Pronouns were not useful. "Jaina killed Tenel Ka's dad?"

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Ben blinked, then shook his head. "She killed Jacen," he whispered.

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John blinked. He opened his mouth as if to speak and stopped.

That was...something.

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Ben curled in on himself. "Yeah."

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"How is she?" Why was he asking that? John should not feel for a Jaina that was not his and yet.

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"Dealing," Ben said. "I didn't see her much before I left. She was in the clinic."

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"Must've been some fight," he figured, shuddering a little. "After that Jacen jumped her last semester..." John's anger and frustration was written all over his face.

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"He did his very best to kill her first," Ben said softly. "It's going to be a while before she can walk again."

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"Jesus." That was...John didn't want to think about his Jaina like that. "She doesn't need any more of this."

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"That's what Jag said," Ben said a little unnecessarily.

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Nice. John felt that like a punch in the gut.

"Oh yeah? Guess we got something in common after all." And he hated that it was Jaina.

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"You don't whine nearly as much," Ben said, relenting a little. "He got left behind on Endor during an operation and I almost stunned him just to get some peace."

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Sure he didn't. Just not that Ben had seen.

"Almost too bad you didn't," John joked, trying not to think where he'd be in twelve years. "I bet that would've gone down well."

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"I was in charge," Ben said. Yes, in charge of Jag. Fear. "That probably would've just made things happen faster."

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John almost laughed. "You were in charge of Jag? Oh, that I love."

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"Dad put me in charge of the entire relocation operation," Ben said, trying to keep the pride from his voice.

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"That sounds kinda big. You guys relocating the Ewoks somewhere?" John asked.