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Ben stalks into Milliways in a dirty and rumpled GAG uniform, clearly in a bad mood. Today, he's not just a Jedi apprentice or boy soldier: today, he's a teenager whose parents are being really unfair.

"Ughhh. Caf, please," he mutters to Bar

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Leia almost opens her mouth in selfish protest until she remembers, Right, Milliways is magic. The boy can't consume ALL of Bar's sugar packets. She stirs a spoon in her own caf, and when she goes to take a sip, she looks at the teenager again.

There's something about his pouting and the honest naivety in his eyes that's very, very familiar.

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Midway through depositing the eighth portion of sugar into his caf, Ben realises he can feel someone watching him. He frowns and looks over, ready to tell them to take a holo--

"Oh. Aunt Leia?"

He's still frowning. She looks young. ... She must be wearing a lot of make-up.

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Leia's eyes nearly pop out of her head.

"I..."

She clears her throat, trying to buy time. Aunt Leia? She doesn't have any brothers or sisters -- oh, kriff. Did Winter have a child with Luke Skywalker in the future? Is that what's happening here?

No. No, there could be a hundred different scenarios.

Leia frowns back. "I suppose. What's your name?"

Wait! she thinks. I don't know how to be an aunt!

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Ben's frown turns suspicious for a moment. What's his name? Is that a trick? Is she trying to pretend she doesn't know him so he doesn't arrest her? No, no, Aunt Leia would come up with a smarter plan than that ... wouldn't she?

"Ben," he says, implying the duh.

...but her confusion feels genuine. And then he remembers, Milliways.

He sighs.

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Could he be the blood nephew of a future spouse? Leia studies the teenager's facial features a bit more. He does look an awful lot like Luke, but that makes no sense.

"Well, Ben," there's annoyance in her sigh, "I've never seen you before."

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"Probably not," he agrees in a slightly sulky tone. "I think that means I can't arrest you yet."

The 'no outside business' rule doesn't apply to the Galactic Alliance Guard under normal circumstances, of course.

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Oh hells no.

"Who are your parents?" Leia demands, almost as if she needs to go have a talk with them about their son tossing a smashball into her living room window. IF LEIA EVEN ~HAD~ A HOUSE OR A LIVING ROOM ANYMORE, THAT IS.

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Ben gives her a wary look. Does that mean she doesn't even know--? Oh man, why don't they cover time travel related things in Jedi training?

"Uh, I don't know if I can tell you. That might be like telling you the future. I might stop existing."

He belatedly covers up the nametag on his jacket. Then carefully glances down at it. Hmm, it's covered in as much dirt and grease as the rest of his uniform anyway. Probably safe.

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Leia nods, narrowing her eyes.

"My apologies. I understand."

Still, it bothers her. Bar gives Leia her toast and she scrapes jam onto each slice, still stealing an occasional glance.