Office hours, Monday

[sith_happened]

After a humiliating evening of thinking he was a merman, Anakin was in his office brooding.

Not hiding.

Really.

...the door was open, at least?

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[trigons_child]

Later that afternoon, Raven stopped by for a visit as well. The last time she'd seen Anakin she'd had no memory had had been dressing in white. She was MUCH better now, see?

"Hello, Professor Skywalker," she greeted him with a smile. "How are you?"

[sith_happened]

"Very well," Anakin replied, beaming as he stood up. "I'll be better with a hug, though."

[trigons_child]

Raven needed no urging for that. "It is good to see you, and even more to know you," she said, moving in for a hug.

[sith_happened]

Anakin hugged her tightly. "That sounds like a story."

[trigons_child]

"A long one," Raven said with a little sigh. "But the shorter version is my brothers found a way to influence my emotions with their powers without me realizing it, and when Karla broke the connection, the trauma to my mind caused me to lose my memories for a time. But I am much better now, and my brothers will not be able to affect me in such a way again."

[sith_happened]

Anakin dropped a kiss on the top of her hair. "Your family makes mine seem stable and well-adjusted," he said a little wryly.

[trigons_child]

Raven nodded. "I fortunately have not sensed anything from them in some time," she said, "and I hope it remains that way. Their manipulation of my emotions was...unsettling."

She was kind of glad she hadn't run into Anakin while under her brothers' influence. On the one hand, he likely would've sensed that something was going on sooner than anyone else, but on the other, if Lust had been particularly active that day, it could have been awkward, to say the least.

[sith_happened]

Yeah, that would have been reaaaaaaaaaaally uncomfortable for everyone, and Anakin couldn't mindwhammy himself.

He made a face. "I would use slightly stronger terms than 'unsettling'," he said. "What did they hope to gain by doing it?"

[trigons_child]

"I cannot be absolutely certain," Raven said, thinking it over. "To try to make me give in to my baser emotions, most likely. And to drive a wedge between me and my friends." Which they'd succeeded in doing for some, and almost with others.

[sith_happened]

"What do they have against Karla and her realm?" Anakin wondered.

[trigons_child]

"It is not so much Glacia, I think, but reclaiming me as their sister," Raven said. "United, as a family, we would be stronger. But they will never have me. My true family is the one I have made here in Fandom."

[sith_happened]

"Good," Anakin said, smiling. "I'm very proud of you for it."

[trigons_child]

Raven preened. "I hope perhaps they will give up trying to convert me now. I think I have felt them from time to time brushing against the corners of my mind, but they cannot get in."

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled at her. "Don't get too smug about it," he said fondly. "We can work on shielding techniques if you have some time."

[trigons_child]

"I would like that, yes," Raven said, equally fond. "I have missed making weekly visits to your office."

[sith_happened]

"I've missed seeing you," Anakin admitted softly.