Room 204 [after graduation]

[momslilassassin]

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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[momslilassassin]

"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.

[notsoreckless.livejournal.com]

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."

[momslilassassin]

"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."

[notsoreckless.livejournal.com]

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.

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded. "I will. Maybe in a few weeks?"