Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

After his weekly sparring session with Ben, Anakin was in his office putting up new photos of baby Juliet on his wall.

She was three weeks old now! A lot had changed! She was sleeping three hours at a stretch now--which was why Anakin was not sleeping meditating in his chair for once.

The door was open.

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[solo_sword]

Jaina wasn't sure if he'd be here this week, so Jaina just brought her bag with her when she came down. She was all about fast exits this week, apparenly. "Hi," she greeted.

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyebrow went up. "You can't live here," he said. "You're supposed to stay in the cabins."

Anakin thought he was funny.

[solo_sword]

"Ha," she said, taking a seat. "I'm headed home after this. It's one less trip I have to make. It's been that kind of we- month."

[sith_happened]

Anakin gestured to the empty chair. "What's going on?"

[solo_sword]

She really really missed her family right now. "Nothing, really. I haven't been back in a while, I have to check in with my squadron, there's a Jedi meeting I have to go to, along with a few for military stuff... Time to play catchup, basically."

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "Will you get unhappy with me if I point out you seem a little...troubled?" he asked.

[solo_sword]

To be fair, after a week in California on Tuesday (that was going to take some getting used to), she was doing much better than she had been. "Do I?" she said carefully.

[sith_happened]

"A little around the eyes," Anakin said with a small smile, "but I also worry."

[solo_sword]

"I've got a lot going on," she said evasively. "I'm fine." That part seemed to be mostly true for now, though.

[sith_happened]

"You know how I feel about that phrase," he said lightly. "What's going on? I haven't seen you in a bit."

[solo_sword]

"Work, classes, more work, John's in August.... maybe September now, fighting Sith... the usual," she said, trying for casual.

[sith_happened]

"John's in September?" Anakin repeated, blinking.

[solo_sword]

Her eyes were a bit unfocused, trying to work out the conversation. "I think... or soon to be, anyway," she said, shaking off the thinking. "It's not Fandom if it's not messing with you."

[trigons_child]

"Your daughter is lovely," Raven said from the doorway.

[sith_happened]

Anakin beamed. "She looks just like her mother, fortunately," he said.

[trigons_child]

"Will she be a Jedi, like you?" Raven asked curiously. "Or is it too soon to know?"

[sith_happened]

"She's strong in the Force already," Anakin said. "I could tell that from the beginning. But the choice to be Jedi will be hers to make much, much later."

[trigons_child]

"Would you teach her if she chose so?" Raven asked. "Or would someone else because you are her father?" She dropped her head and blushed. "I apologize that I have so many questions. I am fascinated by your world."

[sith_happened]

"It will involve a very long discussion with her mother before anything is decided," he said with a smile. "In my time, Force-sensitive children were sent to the Temple almost immediately. We're not doing that."

Ever.

"As the only Jedi Master in Fandom, it would make sense for me to train her, but being her father makes it...more complicated. My grandson was trained by his father, but I'm not sure that's entirely the right path, either."

[trigons_child]

"I learned of your grandson this past week," Raven said, making the wrong conclusion. "I am very sorry."

[sith_happened]

Anakin blinked. "I think you'll have to be more specific," he said. "I have three grandsons."

Two dead in various timelines, all unborn is his own. Anakin tried not to dwell too much on that.

[trigons_child]

"The one who shares your name," Raven clarified. "I am sorry, I did not know there was more than one."

[sith_happened]

"One's a student here," Anakin said. "His name is Ben. Anakin...died...almost a year ago, in Jaina's timeline."

He paused. "And Tahiri's, I suppose."

[trigons_child]

"I do not know Ben or Jaina," Raven said, "but I shared a room with Tahiri while we were visiting Arrakis. She was...troubled."

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "She and Anakin were very close."