Ye olde shuttle parking [Monday afternoon]

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Anakin had spent a good hour staring at the shuttle, a can of paint and a brush in his hand.

Finally he bit his lower lip, painted over the name Tydirium and rechristened the ship the Virgo in Basic and English.

Then he stood back and waited to see if the only person who would understand the name change would actually be arriving for their lessons today.

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"It's stunning," Rory murmured, still in awe. She was barely even thinking.

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Anakin's eyes were still closed. "I'm glad you like it."

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"I love it," she whispered. "Pictures don't do it justice."

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Anakin's eyes, when they finally opened, were full of things he wasn't ready to say. "Then I'm glad we came."

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"Never repeat this, but this might be better than an actual pony."

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Anakin lips curled up into a soft smile. "I'll never tell," he promised.

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"I think Mom would disown me," Rory said, still staring in wonder.

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"She hasn't seen this view," Anakin pointed out.

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"True," Rory agreed, still mesmerized. "But...pony."

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Anakin was a little mesmerized, too.

Not necessarily by the view outside.

"I'll see what I can do."

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Rory smiled. "Finally coming through on the pony? No one else has!"

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Anakin smiled back. "You know me. I always have to be the one who does the impossible."

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"And often succeeds," she noted.

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"You have to take the flak from your cabinmates when the pony keeps them awake at night," Anakin teased. "With it's, um, singing."

Anakin knew nothing about ponies.

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Rory stared.

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"Because I'd train it to sing 'Ever the Same,'" Anakin told her.

As you do.

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"...ponies don't sing?" she tried.

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"Fandom ponies would," Anakin insisted with a smile.

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"Peter didn't," Rory pointed out.

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"That's because he was sulking," Anakin said.

He didn't care that this conversation had stopped making sense.

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"No, it's because he was a pony."

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"He was sulking because he was a pony?" Anakin glanced over at her, eyes bright. "If he'd sung he would've felt so much better."

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"...you are weird," Rory said, trying not to laugh.

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"This is not news," Anakin said, grinning back at her. He gave another glance out the window. "Are you ready to go back?"

He wasn't exactly in any hurry to go back and spar with Qui-Gon.

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"Yeah," Rory sighed, looking through the window. "I guess we should, huh?"