[The Space In Between]

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Luke thought that he'd been doing entirely too much thinking since coming aboard Stacy.

He knew that since he'd taken on the task of rebuilding the Order, he'd become less inclined to act before he thought about it first; it was as though the words of Yoda (Adventure--tch!  Excitement--heh!  A Jedi craves not these things) had taken root in his mind.  That was probably Yoda's goal.  But still, it seemed he'd found himself out on the Obs Deck, staring into the Bleed, far too often since awakening from podsleep.

Nonetheless, there was a lot on his mind, and his father was foremost among it all.  As it stood, Vader was a huge danger to anyone and everyone who got in his way on Stacy, and as much as Luke hated the idea of locking his own father up or somehow otherwise restraining his movement on the ship, he had to think of the rest of the crew too.

Sighing, Luke shifted a bit on the squishy seat, blue eyes half-closed and faraway.

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"There's no reason, and you're right we do," He mused, stroking at his beard, "It's nothing to concern yourself over. I think, for now, I'll refrain from visiting...your father. It hardly seems right to give him a heart attack before he's recovered enough to stand on his own feet."

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Luke gave his friend a quizzical look, but knew when to let something go, and respectfully did. "I'm sure he wouldn't have a heart attack right away," Luke said encouragingly. "Just once he's been a few minutes in accusing you of stealing my sister and I away from him."

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"You know, I haven't met her!" He grinned, "It's Leia, isn't it? How's she setting in?"

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Luke broke into a grin. "Leia Organa," he said, stopping himself from adding Solo to the end of it. While he knew in his time that Leia and Han married, for the time being they weren't, and Leia could get prickly when she was offended. "As far as I know, she seems to be handling herself with her usual poise. I think." His brow creased. "I'd know if she was in any trouble."

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"If she's anything like her mother, I have no doubt she's everything but taken over," he chuckled, "Which reminds me, I must apologize if you feel I've kept anything from you. Senator Amidala has been a good friend of mine since my days as a padawan."

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"We found out her identity a few years ago, from holorecordings Artoo had in his memory," Luke explained. "And from there we were able to find more information at least on her professional life. There's... not much to find on her personal life." He was quiet. "Were the two of you close?"

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"Yes, she was...is my friend," He replied warmly, smiling at the memory. It seemed like another lifetime, sitting around a desk in Coruscant, sipping tea and caf and arguing about the role of the Jedi in this political conflict or another, "Though obviously not as close as I'd have thought, given the circumstances. Still, I knew her very well. Padme is a remarkable woman."

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"She seemed very kind," Luke said softly. "Just based on what she championed in the Senate."

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"She was..." Obi-Wan trailed off. How does a man sumaraize a woman like Padme to her own son, long grown and aging?

"She was very beautiful," He began again, holding the image of her in his mind, "Kind, but often sad. I believe she felt every death in the Clone Wars personally, which made her negotiations as a senator all the more vital. I respected her for that- dedication to duty is no small burden, and not easy for anyone."

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"Like my sister," Luke said with a smile. "I think Leia and our mother would have been the two to get along the best. She always had a mind for politics, and it was all I could do to keep up with the Order once it got underway."