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[herostanding]

Jacen Solo -- clothes dirty and hair tangled -- doesn't even look up as he scrambles through the door on his hands and knees.

He's following a baby gartro, murmuring to it under his breath. Its wing is broken, but it's still moving pretty fast, and seems nervous even of Jacen. He's fixing that, but he sure hopes no one steps on it in the meantime.

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[mandercommander]

Bonzo notices a kid (who may or may not be vaguely familiar?) come into the Bar.

"Hey there."

That'd be a sixteen-year-old (at least to appearances) sitting at a table not too far from the Door.

[herostanding]

It takes Jacen a few seconds to realise Bonzo is talking to him: most of his attention is on the injured gartro. But it's stopped moving quite so quickly and seems to be studying Jacen, now.

He blinks as he looks up, and offers a distracted smile. "Hullo. Don't move fast, 'kay? You'll scare her."

[mandercommander]

Bonzo nods. "No problem."

[herostanding]

Jacen nods back very seriously, then focuses on the gartro again. He murmurs again, but it wouldn't make much sense to listen to (unless, perhaps, you were Jaina). Most of the communication takes place on a different level.

Eventually, he is able to pick up the creature with no threat of being bitten; he grins at Bonzo as he stands.

"She's gonna sleep. She'll hurt again when she wakes up, but she'll heal okay if I set her wing."

He assumes Bonzo cares. C'mon, poor hurt animals! Who wouldn't care?

[mandercommander]

Bonzo nods quietly. "So...what'd you do to it?"

He's never seen anything quite like this before...

[herostanding]

Jacen's eyes widen.

He thinks Bonzo is asking how he hurt her.

"I didn't! I found her in an alley -- she fell out her nest and some little kids were poking at her so I scared them off, but I kinda scared her, too, and we ended up here."

[mandercommander]

"No, no, no..." Pause. "I meant to calm it...her...down. I didn't think you hurt it."

He doesn't have to read minds to tell approximately what Jacen thinks he meant.

[herostanding]

"--oh!"

He would, of course, have worked this out if he was paying attention properly. Sadly, all of his empathy is focused on the gartro, which leaves very little for successful human interaction.

"I just talked to her, mostly." He smiles a little guiltily. "I kinda used the Force a little to suggest she sleep. She's not in that much pain, but she's little so she's panicky."

[mandercommander]

Blink.

Mark down a few more Force powers I've never seen in action before...

"So you used it to help her? Don't see any problem with that. How'd you...well, you know, talk to her?"

[herostanding]

He nods, looking down at the creature again and gently stroking the top of her head.

"Not really s'posed to use the Force without Uncle Luke around," he admits, "but it's okay for helpin' animals."

He looks up at Bonzo in mild confusion. "I just ... do. I dunno. I've always been able to talk to animals."

[mandercommander]

"It's alright." And a glance over his shoulder to make sure that a certain someone isn't listening. "If you're trying to help someone, and what you're doing is good on its own...I don't see the harm."

Pause.

"My name's Bonzo, by the way. You are...?"

[herostanding]

He nods in agreement, smiling faintly. "And I never use the Force on people 'less they're kidnapping me.

"I'm Jacen. I don't come here very often."

[mandercommander]

Smile. "Does that happen much?" Pause. "And I think we may have met before. Your name sounds familiar."

[herostanding]

"A lot," he confirms, but he laughs. "No one's figured out that my brother and sister and I can beat them ourselves if they're not a Jedi."

He thinks for a moment, then brightens. "Yeah, I think so. You know my sister in the future or something, don't you?"

[mandercommander]

Nod. "Jaina, right? And your brother Anakin?"

And your cousin, Ben...

Come to think of it, other than his parents and Aunt Mara, he knows or has met basically the whole family.