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[sith_happened]

After lightsaber practice with Ben, where Anakin had thumped his grandson around the gym because the boy wouldn't stop smirking about the weekend's sparring session with Luke, Anakin hobbled stalked slowly (stupid knee injury) back to his office.

He'd listened to his messages, so he was a little anxious to see if Raven came in today.

The door was open. The Jedi was grumpy. Just an average Tuesday.

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[trigons_child]

Of course there was a Raven. She just wasn't her happy bouncy self when she arrived at Anakin's office. Actually, if she were happy and bouncy, it would probably be cause for alarm.

"Good morning, Professor Skywalker," she began, then frowned. "You are injured."

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "And I'm leaving it like this to teach myself a lesson about pride," he said ruefully.

[trigons_child]

"Then you would not accept if I offered to heal you," Raven said.

[sith_happened]

"Thank you," Anakin said with a smile, "but I could heal it myself if it were too painful. It's a reminder that I still need to practice. I'm not always as good as I think I am."

[trigons_child]

"How did it happen?" Raven asked curiously. "Was it fighting -- or sport?"

[sith_happened]

"A little bit of both," Anakin replied. "Ben's father was in town this weekend. I had to see how good Jedi were in his future. The answer seems to be 'not bad'."

Luke had beaten Anakin. That was a little bit better than 'not bad.'

[trigons_child]

Raven, of course, was certain Anakin had left Luke in much worse condition.

"Time travel and alternate dimensions must make for interesting family reunions," she said.

[sith_happened]

"That's understating it a bit," Anakin said wryly. "Fortunately, I only met a few of the numerous people from my galaxy who were running around this weekend."

[trigons_child]

"I was not expecting any visitors," Raven said. "But...there was one who arrived who knew who I was."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley bounced into the office, seemingly unburdened by the stress and distress she'd been suffering of late.

"Hi Master Skywalker," she said.

[sith_happened]

Add another girl to the conga line!. "Hello, Miss Fitzpatrick," Anakin replied. "How was your weekend?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley didn't even flinch. "Oh, it was pretty terrible," Hayley said. "But I'm just gonna try and ignore it all. It's working good."

[sith_happened]

When the patriarch of the repression family gives you a look like that, you might be in trouble. "Ignoring something unpleasant only works for so long," Anakin pointed out.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh, well, Roy's never coming back," Hayley said. "So it should work pretty well, I think."

[sith_happened]

"Why?" Anakin asked. "What happened to Roy?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh, well, I didn't go back with him," Hayley said. "He wanted me to go, but...I didn't wanna."

[sith_happened]

The vision Anakin had of a shallow grave in the Preserve dissipated slightly. "I think there is a lot you can still learn here," he said.

[solo_sword]

Jaina didn't really want to come down here, but after talking to John, she figured not showing would be the coward's way out. "Okay, whatever you have to say after the weekend, let's get it over with."

Hello to you too, Jaina.

[sith_happened]

"Hello to you, too, Jaina," Anakin replied, giving her a bit of a look.

[solo_sword]

She'd saved her training till later, knowing she'd probably need to hit something later. "Hi. Now let's hear it," she said, taking a seat.

[sith_happened]

"Are you going to check the attitude?" he retorted. "Because if you're here spoiling for a fight, you can go right back out that door."

[solo_sword]

"I'm not spoiling for one, I just know it's coming," Jaina shrugged. "And I'd rather get it out of the way then dredge it back up weeks from now when I'm not already still mad anymore."

[sith_happened]

"Your brother thinks that you think that I don't like you," Anakin said. Pause. "That sentence is so ridiculously high school."

[solo_sword]

"Yeah, well, you don't sost days," Jaina said, a little thrown off guard. She'd been expecting railing against Jacen straight off.

[sith_happened]

"Disagreeing with you doesn't mean I don't like you," Anakin said, frowning.