Milliways, Thursday evening

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Ben had been to some stupidly decadent restaurants (being the son of Luke Skywalker had its privileges), but this one blew even those most ridiculous on Coruscant out of the water.

"This is barvy," he muttered to Ender as their waiter led them to their table. "Look at all of the people here. And...other beings...of course."

Ben hadn't been knocked so completely off-stride in years.

[OOC: For the boy and great SP justice.]

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Ender sighed quietly.

"Maybe one of these days, if he can't find anything else, we might have to ask him to stay with us," he said.

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Ben nodded. "Not for a while, though. We get to have a life for ourselves, too."

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"Maybe he'll surprise us and find his own way," Ender said.

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"I really hope so," Ben said. "He deserves to be happy."

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"He does," Ender said softly. "Unfortunately, that's rarely meant much in the scheme of things."

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Ben nodded, biting his lip. "Nice things don't happen just because you're a good person," he agreed.

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"So we'll have to keep an eye on him," Ender said quietly.

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Ben reached out to give Ender's hand a squeeze. "Well, he is family."

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"Better yet, he's your father," Ender said, "And my father-in-law. I think there's some precedent there, across history."

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"Maybe just a little bit," Ben admitted with a laugh.

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"But at least everyone else is safe and sound," Ender said, sobering. "For as much as they ever are, in your family."

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Yeah, it's like they stopped writing about them or something. Weird.

"It's probably the longest period we've had without a kidnapping in years," Ben admitted.

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Ender held up his glass of milk. "To a dearth of kidnappings?"

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"I'll drink to that," Ben agreed, toasting him with his glass of wine.