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    “It’s okay. It didn’t hurt. I didn’t feel a thing.” A SMALL, NERVOUS smile, she’s trying to keep him calm, but it most likely wasn’t going to work unless she did something drastic. Maybe give him a drink or three, just do something to calm him down. Maybe if she touched him, properly touched him things would change. But she couldn’t do that when he was practically operating on her arm, could she? 

Eyes watch him warily, though she does lean back when told to —– she doesn’t need to be blinded, does she? That would be the very last thing that she needed. “Anakin. Look at me. Put the torch down, just for a second.” She tries to make her voice as authoritative as possible, but it doesn’t quite work the way that it should. She doesn’t want to seem angry — or upset. Because the fact of the matter was that she wasn’t, she was just worried. He put a lot of pressure on himself and he just didn’t seem to ever be able to relax. Maybe in a way she would be good for him, even though deep down she knew she was a bad influence. She was just a Zeltron —- a ne’er do weller. She was nothing, in the end of things. He’d make history —– she wouldn’t. “Nothing bad I promise.” 

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               MOST STANDARD PROTHESES come with sensor modules that mimic one’s sense of touch, but they’re almost never equipped with pain parameters, for obvious reasons. It wouldn’t make much sense for an injury to a mechanical arm to have the ability to fell you.

              At least he hadn’t hurt her, but the assurance likely tastes like ashes on her tongue. Fear is Anakin’s closest companion, a soft bitter surge constantly crawling under his skin, searching for tinder to strike a spark from. One wrong move && his whole body will go up in flames.

              No longer bothering with the fusion torch, Anakin reaches between the fine gears && screws to rip out the dud battery pack where it hangs from its hinges. He chucks it into the nearest scrap bucket, watching as it skirts the rim && drops in with a dull metallic ding. He then lean backs as requested, resisting the impudent urge to cross his arms over his chest.

    ❝ What is it? ❞

 
independent & private roleplay blog for anakin skywalker/darth vader of all star wars media. written by scout. || est. feb 2016.