Room 527, Sunday Afternoon

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"Come on, Yoda, hit her back!" John said encouragingly. Yoda was either ignoring him or just not amused

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[momslilassassin]

Ben poked his head into the doorway. "She's still a cat?"

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"Nope, now she's a turtle," John teased, smiling up at Ben from his spot on the floor.

[momslilassassin]

"Rea--?" He wrinkled his nose up. "You're messing with me."

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John snickered, "She's still a kitten. But I was trying to get her to battle Yoda here."

[momslilassassin]

"That's Yoda?" Ben's jaw dropped. "I thought he was taller!"

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"He was, your dad shrunk him down to bring him to school." John didn't know why he was messing with the kid, but it was strangely fun. And he hadn't gotten to mess with Jacen or Anakin about the Yoda confusion so much as Jaina had messed with him.

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Ben's eyebrows drew together, then he laughed. "Liar."

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"Completely," John grinned. "Jacen, Anakin, and I went in a few circles of confusion when Yoda came up in conversation when I met them. Your dad never mentioned he named the turtle after a Jedi Master."

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"My dad is strange in multiple dimensions, it seems," Ben said, leaning against the door jamb. "You met Jacen and Anakin?"

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John nodded. "I spent some time on a base with a bunch of Jedi when Jaina was training before Myrkr." Where the majority of them died. Nice tact there, John.

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Ben nodded. "How long ago was Myrkr for you?" he asked.

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"A month, give or take a few days," John replied after a moment's calculation. "It's all kind of too close for comfort."

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Ben nodded again, filing that away. "In that case, I'm sorry," he said quietly. "It kind of gets better? Eventually?"

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"Yeah, I didn't really mean me," John looked over at the kitten who was ignoring them in favor of tearing the bag a new opening with her sharp claws. "What's she like in your time? Besides human."

[momslilassassin]

Ben weighed his words carefully. "Complicated," he finally decided on. "Angry with Jacen."

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"Sounds a lot like now," John replied, a little disheartened.