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[politicallyinclined]

Has anyone seen Luke? I can't find him. (She is doing her best to remain in control, to not panic, but the strain is easy to see on her delicate features.)

It's possible he went off on his own... (Skywalkers and their adventures.) but he should still see this, right?

(In her heart, she knows the truth.)

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[nouskaiananki]

[ She's here. Alive. The good between them died when she did, was reborn when he knew Luke was their's. Has been nurtured and grown here with children and grandchild needing him. She won't loss him now. But he can't break decades of silence and secrets. Her training as Queen helps her. He wasn't given that. ]

I won't be long. Half an hour, roughly.

[politicallyinclined]

(She can give him ways to cope; ways to work through emotions instead of succumbing to them. But his passion is one of the things she loves best about him. Until it becomes a monster he can't contain, that is.)

I will wait.

[nouskaiananki]

[ Ways of working through emotions is entirely what he needs to learn. At forty-four, he still doesn't truly have those skills. ]

[ True to his word however, he's there, joining her in their shared apartment in half an hour. He's still a little damp, having stopped at his issued apartment turned workshop to shower and change. ]

I am sorry.

[politicallyinclined]

[His apology isn't necessary. Padmé welcomes him with an embrace - one that requires her to stand on her toes. He probably won't feel it, but she needs to know he's here.]

He's fine. He has a great future ahead of him.

[nouskaiananki]

[ He can feel the pressure of it, at least. He's still quite shy about her touching him - similar to how he'd first been about his right arm. Worried his scarred, deformed, cyborg body would be rejected. But he has scar treating pressure garments on under his clothing, and it's thick enough to pad out some of it. And he's still - at least around her - himself to pick her up of the ground so she can wrap her arms around his next. ]

I want him here. With us.

[politicallyinclined]

(He is a silly man and though his body saddens her and frightens her (for his well-being), Padmé isn't disgusted nor is she even close to rejecting him. He is alive and he is Anakin. That's all she needs to know.)

I do too. (She smiles shakily when she is lifted, nestling against him.) He reminded me of when we were young. Everything seemed possible.

[nouskaiananki]

[ He may be silly, but when hadn't he been at least a little self-conscious when displaying a scar or injury to her? Although she's entirely right to be frightened for what this all means for his health.

Her slight weight against him is...almost as comforting as a hug from his mother ever had been. ]

Leia was like that as well.