Corellian Sector, Coruscant [Thursday late afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

Ben, mindful that the last time he'd been in the Corellian Sector he'd been a member of GAG and kicking down doors looking for terrorists, put a bright smile on his face, prayed no one recognized him, and led Karla and Ender around.

"This is where you can find really astral food," he said enthusiastically, because this was Ben and food was pretty much top on his list of judging how good a place was, just below "are they shooting at me?" "There's also neat stuff to look at and almost everyone here speaks Basic. You might run into some Selonians or Drall, but Corellia itself is mostly human."

[OOC: For the two with him!]

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[glacial_queen]

"We'll just see about that," Karla sniffed crossing her arms.

Wait, no. That didn't come out right at all.

"You'll eat it and like it and ask for more," she amended.

[momslilassassin]

"Do I have to be telling the truth?" Ben said, trying to dodge out of hitting distance.

[glacial_queen]

She could still throw stuff.

"You would be, brat!" Karla said, swatting at him.

On the plus side, this conversation was probably doing great things for Ben escaping recognition. Unless GAG agents routinely paused in their investigations to tease and harass their friends.

[momslilassassin]

Ben burst out laughing, for once behaving like a normal teenager and not Son of Skywalker or whatever else he was supposed to be.

"I'm not a brat!"

[glacial_queen]

"Ha!" Karla scoffed, tossing her ponytail over her shoulder. "Biggest brat I ever met in my life! Or maybe just the brat with the biggest head."

There were times when it was good to just be a kid, instead of a Queen or a Jedi Knight or a destined whatever.

[momslilassassin]

Ben reached out to put her in a headlock. "Take that back!"

[glacial_queen]

"Never!" Karla squealed before trying to nip him on the arm. Hey, if he was going to put his limbs in reach of her teeth, he deserved what he got. "You can't make me renounce the truth!"

[momslilassassin]

"Ow!" Ben said, twisting out of the way. "Are you five?"

[glacial_queen]

"Me, five? You put me in a headlock! Was I just supposed to give up? Besides, I barely even got you." Karla pointed at his arm. "I didn't even break the skin."

[momslilassassin]

"Were you trying to?" he asked.

[glacial_queen]

"For a headlock? Are you kidding?" Karla gave him a look. "That wouldn't have been fun at all. Besides, you might have bled on my shirt."

[momslilassassin]

"Ah, the real reason," he teased. "And here I was going to suggest you look into Corellian attire, too."

[glacial_queen]

"I happen to like this shirt, thanks much," Karla said, snorting. "And your blood would intentionally stain it, just to be contrary."

Because blood was usually so easy to get out or something?

"What about Corellian attire were you going to show me, anyway?" Not that she was interested. Really.

[momslilassassin]

Ben gestured toward a dress shop. "It's not as crazy as what the folk from Naboo wear," he said, "but it's not exactly Fandom-wear either."

[glacial_queen]

Karla, as much as she hated clothing shopping, still liked pretty things. And it was different, looking at clothing from another world. "I like it," she said, smiling into the window. "Can we go inside?"

[momslilassassin]

"Of course," Ben said. "But not for too long. Shopping gives me hives."

[glacial_queen]

Karla gave him another look. "Have you ever seen me shop for a long time? I'm usually the one saying that we've already found something nice, can't we go yet?"

How Emma hadn't murdered her yet was a mystery. Especially after their trip to New York for Homecoming.

[momslilassassin]

"We're not exactly shopping buddies," Ben said with a little smile. "I just wanted to be sure."

[glacial_queen]

"Well maybe if you decided to wear something other than your robes all the time," Karla teased, giving him a little poke, "we could be."

[momslilassassin]

"I like my robes," Ben protested. "They're comfortable. Granted, when all of the Jedi get together it looks like a showroom for the world's dullest textile factory, but still..."

[glacial_queen]

"You could at least try them in different colors," Karla said, trying not to smirk. "Go really crazy and even different fabrics. Or would that break some kind of obscure Jedi law against fashion?"

[momslilassassin]

"The Corellian Jedi wear bright green robes," Ben shared. "They look ridiculous."

He gave an apologetic look to the shopkeeper. "I'm sorry, but they do."

[glacial_queen]

Karla rolled her eyes. "You only think that because you're used to everyone dressed the color of mud. What's so ridiculous about them?"

[momslilassassin]

"Well, that they are so special they have to look different than everyone else," Ben said, rolling his eyes.

[glacial_queen]

"Or--and this might be a little crazy--what if they just like colors?" Karla asked, wide-eyed and innocent.