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[soloing]

Jaina isn't the only one of ours to disappear this week.  Tenel Ka has gone again, as well.  [His brow is knit only the slightest bit, something more calm and accepting in his tone than the last time he had to make this announcement.  He just seems more stoic about it than anything.

And he moves the subject right along.]

A fellow Outworlder and I had

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[sand_wormie]

...Oh.

[Now there will be no displays of sparring... Luke doesn't know they'd hooked up, so he doesn't apologize here.]

Thanks for telling. That's - it's a shame.

[soloing]

Maybe, maybe not. There's good they could do here, but maybe they serve the Force's purposes better with their absence.

[sand_wormie]

I'm still going to miss them. [Or think about the could-have-beens, anyway.]

[soloing]

As am I. But they may yet return some day.

[sand_wormie]

Yeah...

Guess it wouldn't be good to dwell on things. Even with the Force, you can't really know what's going to happen. Not well.

[And PRIVATE]

Leia told me I'm her brother. Is... that true?

Private;

[soloing]

[interesting that she chose to tell him as much] Do you think she'd lie about something like that? What would it serve?

Re: Private;

[sand_wormie]

I don't know. I was thinking about not coming back to Coruscant, and she offered me a ride, that's why I didn't go back on the Amethyst, but... The whole thing's just... weird.

Private;

[soloing]

Any stranger than the rest of this? [He can't help but wonder if this means Luke's put together their connection]

Re: Private;

[sand_wormie]

Guess it would get how her presence feels to make more sense... It tastes a little like yours, a little more like Jaina's, but it's not the same thing at all.

[Luke conveniently neglects to compare it to Anakin's. He suspects, but he's carefully not putting things together. He likes Leia, is slightly in love with her, and that whole what-now thing takes up more of his attention. And angst.]

...It's like I want it to be true, but also...

Private;

[soloing]

But also what? [He's not sure what the downside is to this, broski]

Re: Private;

[sand_wormie]

I was kind of thinking, maybe, some day... I don't know, it sounds pretty stupid out loud.

Private;

[soloing]

... [oh god, Dad warned him about this actually. What to say.] Don't worry. You'll find someone who's a much better fit. [A less hideously incestuous fit]

Re: Private;

[sand_wormie]

[Sigh. He's talking more to himself than anything else, here.] I don't know. I've never met anyone like her. She's just... amazing.

[It appears that part of the draw is an overly romantic this-can-never-be thing.]

Private;

[soloing]

[Jacen reminds himself again that Luke never grew UP with his twin so it's... different and maybe this is just natural kid stuff.

It's still weird as fuck though.]

This doesn't mean you'll lose having her in your life. The opposite, in fact. As someone with a twin of my own, I can promise you it's an incomparable sort of connection.

Re: Private;

[sand_wormie]

[No Westermarck effect for Luke. Genetic attraction... plus, he will always be interested in take-charge women.]

Yeah [There's a 'but' here. He doesn't actually say it. It is, however, very there; that sentence was not originally intended to be one word].

Guess I should try and get used to it. I used to wish I had a brother or sister. Biggs said we should share blood, 'cause he wasn't that close with his sister, but he got sick after.

Private;

[soloing]

Family is about more than just blood. Some members of our family aren't even directly related to us, but they don't mean any less.