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Ben Skywalker ([personal profile] momslilassassin) wrote2012-04-28 04:21 pm
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Room 204 [after graduation]

Ben had been working and getting nowhere on his speech to his father, and he was running out of time to come up with a better way to say it.

So he'd invited him back to his room after the ceremony was over, trusting that one of his dozen relatives would keep an eye on Vestara for them.

He closed his door, ignoring the slightly appraising glance his father was giving the room, and took a deep breath.

"Um, Dad?"

At least that part had been well rehearsed.

[OOC: For me.]
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[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"For what?" Luke asked, reaching out to ruffle Ben's hair. "You've been trained to see clearly and follow your instincts. I'd be a bad Jedi and a worse father to second-guess what you feel is right for you."

It didn't mean Ben's choice wasn't eating him up inside, but that burden wasn't one he was going to share with his son. His Force sense was projecting nothing he didn't want it to.
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2012-04-29 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't sure how you'd react," Ben admitted. "I was afraid to tell you."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Hearing that hurt Luke more than he'd expected. "Why?"
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2012-04-29 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ben shrugged. "Because you're disappointed in me."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm disappointed, but never in you," Luke said firmly. He took a deep breath. "We still have the summer, anyway. Will you try to get home before you head off to this new planet?"
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2012-04-29 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Shakespeare, and I'll certainly working to," he said. "I don't want to abandon you guys to the Sith or anything."

He just didn't want it to be the only thing he ever did. He'd seen the difference in spirits between his father and the Luke who'd attended Fandom, and he didn't want to seem that beaten down.

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Luke was feeling a little abandoned, but he was the grown-up here and was
going to suck that up.

"I'm sure we'll manage," he said, "but I thought you'd want to say goodbye to the Solos."
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2012-04-29 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not leaving forever," Ben said quietly. "Just for a few years. Ender's not easy with settling down in one place, and I've never done it either."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2012-04-29 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Luke didn't point out the mortality rate of their family hadn't been that great over the last few years--Ben already knew.

"Say goodbye anyway," he said softly.
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[personal profile] momslilassassin 2012-04-29 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Ben nodded. "I will. Maybe in a few weeks?"
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