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            oh. the force. the mere mention it makes her eyes flick up to him with a keenness that gives her away entirely.   ( she’s not put that word to it in a long time. it reminds her of childhood. )   but it means he’s like her in some small sense. they’re connected by the FORCE, explaining the small pull at her sternum that she COMMONLY avoids. not to mention the shop next to them   ——   that means there had been other force users near by and padmé’d not even NOTICED

            smooth move, padmé.

            but this means friend, potentially an ally in a weird way. she’d never met another person outside of the internet who maybe she could connect to. now to not seem TOO eager.

            ❝ yeah. yeah   ——   i’ve definitely heard of the force. i’m not the strongest in it, but i do pretty well with what i’ve got. and hey, sorry. it’s not my nickname for him, it’s uh, well everyone calls him uncle owen but he’s like the same age as obi-wan, it’s his. ❞            not mine, was the important message. she’d been half sure that she’d scared the man off when he’d started to shake but this is a noted improvement on the situation.

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            padmé does a better job at hiding her reaction when he grimaces, subtly pushing cream and milk towards ANAKIN as she moves to grab a dishrag and make herself look busy from behind the combination counter and bar.

            ❝ anakin’s a good name though. it’s got character   ——   do you mind ANI? ❞

               THE FORCE: THE inextricable influence of the cosmos that’s woven throughout the world. A flame housed in all human beings— in most merely an ember, a subtle spark of power that exists under their consciousness. For others, it’s a fire, with the potential to either warm you or burn you alive. But for Anakin it’s a molten core, eating away at the vestiges of his control, something he can’t so much learn to tame as coexist with. The Force in Anakin is a terrible, beautiful thing, && it’s nearly killed him twice. 

               One could say Anakin’s relationship with his magic is one of tentative acceptance, perhaps even alliance. He’s stronger now, able to count his way back from the edge of things. He owes a lot of that to Obi-Wan

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     ❝ It’s fine. I’m just curious where he got ‘Ben’ from. ❞ A tie to Obi-Wan’s past? Anakin would like to think they’re honest with one another, but there’s a strange radio silence between them every time he asks about the older man’s life before the shop. The rational part of Anakin knows there’s a good reason Obi-Wan is so reluctant to tell him, some dangerous thread he doesn’t want Anakin to unravel. But there’s a dark, slithering shadow beneath his heart that hisses in resentment, accusing Obi-wan of not trusting him, not caring about him, lying to him—

     One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand… 

     ❝ My mom used to call me that. ❞ His smile falters, but only for a second.

Quemas tan brillante, Ani, tengo que mirar lejos.

     ❝ I don’t mind. ❞

 
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