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A SIGH FALLS from her lips, he’s but a child in both temperament and looks. Maybe when he’s older he’ll be better at controlling his emotions, but for now he’s like a ticking time bomb, and she would rather not have him explode on her, so to speak. It takes her a few seconds to move out from where she hand been seated, fingers moving to brush his cheek before holding there, the mechanical arm by her side. It’s useless still, but hopefully it’ll be better soon. 

    “It’ll be fine. You will be fine, okay. I’ve been around for a while, I know what i’m talking about here. I might not be a jedi, but I know. I’m using the force, or whatever.” Small smile, fingers still gentle against his flesh. She’s fond of him, how couldn’t she be when he’d come into the bar so wide eyed and confused. Descended on him before anyone else could and had found herself a jedi padawan. 

She’s let him touch her arm for kriffs sake, not may can say that they’d seen the inside of it, even if it was practically rusting itself off her. After another few moment her hand falls back to her side and she’s just standing in front of him, still worried. Hopefully her touch had calmed him down, that had been all she wanted. She didn’t want to be thought of as a bad influence. She wasn’t, no matter the view on her species. 

    “Back to work. You don’t have all day.” 

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               ANAKIN’S GLANCE ROAMS up Vi’s symmetrical features, searching for a slip of dishonesty or any indication of ingenuity in her words. Although there’s little reason for it, distrust runs deep in the Padawan learner, fostered by a childhood so thoroughly entrenched in the institution of slavery, he learned to trust little more than his own senses. && even those have sought to throw him off on more than one occasion. 

               Her nearness quickens a different brand of unrest inside him. && he steels himself not to flinch away when her fingertips make contact, tracing down the downy slope of his youthful cheek. Velvet heat curls within him, flooding through his pulse until his face runs pink && warm. There’s shame to be found here, but not acknowledged. His tendency to overshare often leaves others flailing for a foothold, something they might say to stoke the flames ever-growing behind his eyes. 

              He nods, thankful for the attempt at reassurance, regardless of its outcome. ❝ Yes ma’am. ❞ Mirth settles in the sling of his smile, cheerful tone only ringing slightly false. Anakin sets his fingers to the servos, spinning && realigning them in a series of delicate clicks until the synth-net neural interface buzzes back online. ❝ Try moving your fingers. ❞

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