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Hey, you've reached Ben. I'm probably at the gym or Stark's or eating ice cream--shh, I don't want to hear about it, Ender and Karla--but I'll get back to you when I turn the comm back on if you leave a message!

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"Yeah, I don't think I'd recommend that one," John agreed. "I feel bad we haven't talked much since I left." Mainly because it'd been nearly two years, so obviously John sucked at this keeping in touch thing.

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Ben sighed. "Yeah, I figured that was kind of inevitable." Because Ben wasn't good with optimism. "You go with Jaina."

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"What's Jaina have to do with me and you talking?" John asked.

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There was an awkward silence on Ben's side of the line. "You tell her things I tell you," he finally blurted.

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Oh crap, Jaina. "Not everything!" John told him. "But you know I cannot lie to you people as much as I might try."

John frowned at his phone. "Regardless of all that, I'm sorry."

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"And I'm sorry that what I told you made you leave town," Ben mumbled.

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"What?" John paused. "Nononono! I had stuff I had to do. That was not because of you." Well, not entirely. "Besides, I got to see Gavin in jail."

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"Gavin went to jail?!"

In Ben's galaxy, Gavin was a father of a billion. seriously five and a highly respectable admiral. "Really?"

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"Okay, so I was there with him, but it was completely trumped up based on his unfortunate taste in women," John explained. Maybe Gavin was trying to have that billion yet!

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"...I've never once thought about Gavin's taste in women," Ben said.

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"It's not exactly a fun thing to think about," John said, knowing from experience.

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"I think he used to date a Bothan," Ben said in scandalized tones.

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"He's a special guy," John said, completely speciest, yes. "But at least they wear clothes." Heaven help the staring when aliens went au natural.

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Ben snickered. "Yeah, there's no way Gavin could handle dating a Wookiee."

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"Not unless there are like, midget Wookiees or something. But even then...all that fur." So creepy.

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"Yeah, I'm not really a fan," Ben said. "It'd be like snuggling with a giant stuffed animal that can kill you."

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John shuddered. "There are movies about those. That's up there with all the creepy talking dolls and murderous clowns. Not fun."

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"Jono and I saw a movie about a guy who killed people and lived in a lake," Ben said helpfully.

He hadn't been paying the strictest attention to the plot, no.

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"Lived at a lake or was like, some amphibious mutant?" John asked.

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"At a lake," Ben amended. "And had some kind of weird need to kill girls with enormous breasts."

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"Yeah, that's always the M.O. of those things. Usually ripping off their clothing while they run away, too." Not that he would ever watch those. Nope. Um.

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"That was certainly not why we watched them," Ben assured him hastily.

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"'Course not," John agreed just as hastily. "You were watching for the scary parts. Clearly."

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"And judging them on accuracy," Ben added.