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[sith_happened]

Anakin was hard at work at his desk: plastic balls, lots of glitter, soft music playing...

Yes, he'd decided that Jaina's Luke's future child was going to be spoiled rotten, so he was back to making toys for a Force-sensitive infant.

He'd welcome an interruption, though.

All Over Again - Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby

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[solo_sword]

"I've seen that clothing. That doesn't surprise me," she said. "Could wear long sleeves and a wrist-holster."

[sith_happened]

"Vibroblades work in waistbands, too," Anakin advised.

[solo_sword]

"A little messy for a wedding, don't you think?"

[sith_happened]

"Do you think better or worse than a lightsaber to cut cake?"

This was actually a consideration. Sigh.

[solo_sword]

"Better. But use a knife."

[sith_happened]

Anakin made a face. "I suppose..." He rolled the completed baby toy towards her using a nudge of the Force. "What have you been doing?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina caught the toy, picking it up to study it. "Nothing like this," she said, and shrugged. "I went on the spring break trip. Other than that it's been classes and tinkering in the garage."

[sith_happened]

"Tinkering is always good," he said with a smile. "I've been trying to work on a cloaking device for the shuttle but keep running into problems."

He waved at the ball. "Push at it with the Force. The glitter should separate into gold, red, and blue stripes."

[solo_sword]

"What kinds of problems?" she asked, pushing at the ball with the Force as instructed and watching the glitter move. "Very nice."

[sith_happened]

Anakin explained the problem in detail, ending with, "so the shuttle turns kind of blurry for about half of it, and makes everyone inside nauseous."

[solo_sword]

Jaina paused. "Yeah, that might need to get fixed," she said. "I could look at it, if you don't mind. Seeing as how I'm more technologically advanced and all."

[sith_happened]

Anakin smirked but let it go. Sort of. "That would be fine," he said. "I have one on the speeder but it's not converting over."

[solo_sword]

"You have one on the speeder?" she repeated, a little surprised.

[sith_happened]

"A friend of mine perfected that technology," he admitted. "It makes it easier to get to Connecticut without having to explain things to local police."

[solo_sword]

"Or you could get a car," she suggested. "Less noticeable."

[sith_happened]

Anakin wrinkled up his nose. "Too slow."

[solo_sword]

"But street legal," Jaina pointed out.

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyes sparkled. "Boring. Why should I take hours and hours to get to Connecticut when it should be so much faster?"

[solo_sword]

"You're one of those drivers I hate, aren't you," she said. Girl drove once and she thought that gave her a right to complain.

[sith_happened]

"Probably," Anakin agreed easily. "But I usually signal."

...kind of.

[solo_sword]

"That gets you honked at." She spoke from experience.

[sith_happened]

"Did you learn the correct hand gestures to shoot back?"

[solo_sword]

"No, but I received a couple of them," she said. "I figure if I'm where I want to be, I already won, so why resort to gestures?"

[sith_happened]

Because Anakin was petty and enjoyed making the gestures. He shrugged. "Point."

[solo_sword]

"I thought so," she said, leaning forward to put the toy back on his desk. "Been having fun with that, I see."