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[sith_happened]

Anakin was going to wear a path across his floor if he kept up his pacing.

And the sun wasn't going to set any faster, no matter how many times he checked out the window.

...why yes, Anakin was taking the news on the radio as a personal insult.

His friendship alpha-male off rivalry thing with Angel had always been...complicated. And his hatred for Angelus had never really gone away. Angelus'd nearly killed Rory, after all. Anakin wasn't the kind to just let that sort of thing go.

You know, ever.

So pacing. He figured it was a step up from lifting every rock on the island to figure out which one Angelus had slithered under.

The door was open.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin didn't look entirely convinced. "Very well," he said. "It's okay to let the occasional battle pass you by, after all."

Not that he ever had. He didn't think that was particularly relevant.

[solo_sword]

"How?" she wondered, completely serious.

[sith_happened]

"When you haven't figured out how to win yet," Anakin said. "Getting killed heroically just leaves you dead."

[solo_sword]

He obviously didn't know her stories from the last few years. "And if it's not meant to be heroic?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin blew out a breath. "I know what it's like to be on the wrong end of a losing war," he said quietly. "You have to choose your battles. When the politicians start directing them, you have problems."

[solo_sword]

"But there aren't politics in this. One guy with a sometimes-psychosis."

[sith_happened]

"That will still beat you," Anakin said. "He's got a couple of centuries of experience trying to eat people and is not happy with being souled. I'd take you along as a lesson, but I'm not completely out of my mind."

[solo_sword]

She frowned, but did refrain from sighing or rolling her eyes. "There's absolutely nothing I could ever do that would prove me capable of hypothetically handling myself in a situaton like this, is there?"

[sith_happened]

"Not really," Anakin admitted. "I know you're perfectly capable, but Angelus...he hurt someone I love, and in a way that leaves more than just physical scars. I'm not going to let anyone I know just walk into that."

[solo_sword]

While she did get it, she was still dwelling way too much on feeling overprotected and hearing words like 'let'. Even her parents seemed to realize it wasn't up to them to let her do anything. "If I don't go, we're going to be having this same argument three hours from now, I'm thinking."

[sith_happened]

Anakin gave her a wry smile. "Solo, Skywalker and Naberrie stubborness. You never had a chance. See you on Thursday."