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Hera Syndulla ([personal profile] for_everyone) wrote2018-01-21 07:18 pm

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This had been itching at her for a while. She knew it was time, overdue probably, but it was always so easy to be busy elsewhere. Even setting aside a moment for it could feel like a waste – she might as well be calling into a black hole for all the response she got. Not that it mattered, she never really wanted an answer. If anything had happened to him, she would've found out quickly enough through their mutual contacts. And the same was probably true if something happened to her. He didn't need these occasional updates that she was still alive.

And yet, she draws Chopper into the galley with her. It's late in the cycle, and she's fairly sure Kanan's in his room. Right now that's just as well. Chopper rolls back a couple meters from her, and she nods. "All right, start now."

Chopper lifts his photoreceptor toward her, and a soft blue light flares within. Hera looks into the light, shoulders squared, chin up.

"Hello, father."

The first part is always the same.

"I'm still alive, and I'm safe."

This is only half true. In her entire life, Hera had never been safe.

"I have another crewmember now. Besides Chopper. He's actually been here for a while, but I didn't say anything before."

Hera does glance away. Her lekku twitch.

"I thought maybe you'd want to know I'm not alone."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm pushing, asking all these questions. It's all right. I don't mean to make you have to fight it out again."

He takes another sip of caf.

"But you're right. The Empire's never going to leave anywhere they've already got their hooks sunk."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Kanan's shoulders hunch for a moment, and his gaze drops.

But then he looks back up, mouth pressed into a thin, harsh line.

"That's what they do, yeah. That's who they are."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
"But you left a . . . while ago, right? And he's still not over it?"

Is she? It doesn't sound like it, but he's not about to say that. At least she's trying to talk to her father, which seems to be more than can be said the other way 'round.
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, that's just . . . "

He trails off. What does a person say here? He's already covered that he's sorry, and that her father's behavior sounds baffling and upsetting, so --

"Do you want me to heat up some protein? To go with the caf, since it's getting late in the day, anyway."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Right."

He stands up after a second, going to riffle through the cupboards looking for the protein cubes that are the closest thing he gets to a favorite.

Then he turns back, looking at Hera over his shoulder.

"You do know you're the most important person on this crew, right? The most central to what we do."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"No? I . . . guess that's good."

It's not like Kanan knows how parent-child relationships work, not from the inside or the outside.
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wh -- "

He looks up, eyes gone wide.

"I don't think it's a waste. Just . . . a different kind of hurt. Or loss, maybe. It's never come up before, is all, and I wasn't sure if that was because it hurt, or because it just never came up."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
His eyebrows go up a little. Or maybe more than a little.

"You're already reaching out with these messages. If that's not what your father wants to respond to, that's on him."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's always time, hey? Maybe someday he'll surprise you."

He wonders if she'd like that, or if it's much too much to count as either liking or not-liking.
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"We never really know," Kanan agrees, mouth quirking at one corner, less amusement than wry understanding.

"But neither of you are dead yet, so."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-22 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanan reaches out to rest his fingertips on the back of her wrist, the lightest of fleeting touches.

"I understand, and I won't make you. Or, I won't make you talk about . . . . this. I'm not sure I can do anything about the other bit, when we're dealing with people not on this crew."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-23 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks for telling me," Kanan says, very simply.

"I know it would have been hard to avoid, in the long run, but still."
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-01-23 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Kanan closes his eyes, bringing one hand up to cover his eyes.

"If we ever do get there, I'm going to embarrass myself so much, aren't I?"

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