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Post by butter on Jun 18, 2007 1:09:01 GMT -4
Mara
I nodded, once again smiling warmly at him. I took his hand in mine, and gave it a gentle squeeze. 'Yes,' I said softly through the bond we shared, 'And somehow, I have a feeling that we still have many more adventures to come.'
i glanced at the others, and my smile widened. 'Doesn't it seem rare, for all of us to be together, like this? I mean, all in one place, all at once,' I found myself musing.
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Post by tallboydave on Jun 18, 2007 1:12:51 GMT -4
John
I nodded softly. 'A precious moment this, my love.' I agreedm hugging Mara to my chest and kissing her forehead, breatthing in her scent.
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Post by butter on Jun 18, 2007 1:16:03 GMT -4
Mara
I rested my cheek against his chest, while still looking at the others. It looked like Mike was talking to Electra now, and amazingly, they were no longer shooting each other dirty looks, Instead, they were both smiling a little, as though they'd managed to settle their differences. Though I knew that siblings could be like that, sometimes.
'How soon are we leaving, do you think?' I asked.
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Post by tallboydave on Jun 18, 2007 1:19:00 GMT -4
John
I checked my wristwatch, and then my internal chronometer. 'We should be underway fairly soon... I don't think the cabbie'll want to hang around.'
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Post by butter on Jun 18, 2007 1:22:11 GMT -4
Mara
I was about to reply when I noticed Electra was looking our way. It seemed that Mike was now engrossed in a conversation with his father again, and she came toward us. "Hey," she said slowly, "I just wanted to say hi, at least."
"Hello, Electra," I said, pulling away from John a bit, and taking his hand into mine. "How have you been?"
"Eh... been better, been worse," she said, shrugging dismissively. "How're you?"
"We've been doing fairly well, all in all," I replied, glancing at John.
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Post by tallboydave on Jun 18, 2007 1:24:18 GMT -4
John
I nodded aimiably. "Are you looking forward to this dinner?" I asked. Electra was a good kid, I thought.
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Post by butter on Jun 18, 2007 1:26:09 GMT -4
Electra
"Yes, I suppose so," I said, pursing my lips. "I just hope it won't be too long or too boring," I said, chuckling a little, trying to make it sound like a joke, even though I was half-serious as well.
"But yes, it should be a fun time, hopefully anyway," I added.
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Post by tallboydave on Jun 18, 2007 1:28:01 GMT -4
John
I chuckled, before placing my hand on her shoulder. "Keep that sense of humour, Electra, it'll serve you well in life." I said.
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Post by butter on Jun 18, 2007 1:29:50 GMT -4
Electra
I snorted. "Yeah, I think my brother could use a sense of humor." I immediately bit my lip after those words escaped my mouth, and I turned to glance at Mike. Thankfully he was still talking to Andy, and hadn't heard what I'd said. Great going, you almost put your foot in it again, I thought.
Thought it was just... well, it seemed like he needed to loosen up a bit. He was so uptight sometimes, and... so sensitive, in some ways.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jun 18, 2007 8:36:47 GMT -4
"C'mon." Ben grinned up at the droid--not so far up now. "Uncle Han is a smuggler. I bet this place is stuffed with secret chambers. They'll all have blasters in them. Some of them will have identicards and fake names, and credcards, and secret electronics gear, and maybe a dissebmbled scoutspeeder. Some of them are even hidy holes for the Noghuri."
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