"Two years?" Luke exclaimed, astonished. If it hadn't been happening here all along, he almost wouldn't have been able to believe it. Sure, Ben looked a little older, a little more filled-out than he had when Luke saw him last, but there was no way he could be sixteen when it seemed just yesterday--

But then again, Luke thought with a hint of amusement, Ben would always be that tiny baby that he had held in his arms, the one that he and Mara had sworn to protect. Ah, the unintended effects of parenthood.

Still... things already felt more awkward.