33 Apocalypse Avenue [late afternoon]

[sith_happened]

After a long few hours in the flight simulator (where he hadn't killed John Sheppard (yet)), Anakin put Juliet down for a nap and smiled down at the solemn little boy who had accompanied them home.

"Should we call your mother?" he suggested.

So I Thought - Flyleaf

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[can_be_more]

"Aha. Do you have a lot of other Skywalkers around, China?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Only today. Normally it's just the three of us. Luke doesn't visit that much any more."

[can_be_more]

"Why not?" She was still sort of boggling over "the three of us".

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"He's busy with the Jedi back where he lives," China said, "but it doesn't mean he doesn't like me."

The last part sounded like he'd repeated it a lot.

[can_be_more]

"You know he likes you," said Aeryn. This was Luke, after all. "That just happens when people get older, they need to do their own... thing."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"That's why I'm not going to grow up," China declared.

[can_be_more]

She couldn't help but be a little amused. "You're not?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"I'm still working on it," China said. "Because I want to be tall enough to hit pedals on real ships."

[can_be_more]

She did sort of love this kid. "Do you have a plan for it yet?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"I was trying out fake legs, but Dad said they weren't sensitive enough to react," China said. "I think he was upset I was taller than he was."

Anakin snorted next to him on the sofa.

[can_be_more]

"Fake legs," Aeryn repeated, trying to picture it. "Do I want to know?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"They were more like sticks?" China said. "I wanted to pull out Artoo's arm to see how it worked, but he squealed really loud and Luke frowned."

[can_be_more]

"Yes, it's probably not a good idea to pull parts out of Artoo," Aeryn said slowly.

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Because sometimes when he zaps you, you deserve it," China recited.

[can_be_more]

Oh, so he'd heard this before. "Yes. And you don't want to get zapped, right?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"It's not as funny when it's you," China said.

[can_be_more]

Aeryn definitely sounded surprised when she said, "I get zapped?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Just once," China said. "Dad went after Artoo with a hydrospanner."

[can_be_more]

"That... doesn't seem healthy," she admitted.

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Not for Artoo," China replied, "but I got to help put him back together!"

Very healthy, other Anakin.

[can_be_more]

Aeryn managed not to facepalm. Mostly because she was used to handling phone calls between jobs and people tended to give her odd looks when she did it. "That's very good of you, China," she told him. "Listen, I'm almost where I need to be now. I'm going to have to go soon."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he said. "Dad promised me cookies for a snack. I'll save you one."

[can_be_more]

"Thank you," she said, smiling. "Can you put your father on for a microt?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin took the comlink back. "Hey there."

[can_be_more]

Not very good with words usually to begin with, Aeryn summed it all up with "Wow."