Jacen was silent for a few moments at that, looking down at the controls in front of him. Glancing around the cockpit.
Looking back toward Earth for a few beats too long.
"What's it like? Having him around?"
He regretted letting the words leave his mouth before he had even said 'him.' But there were just some things he didn't have the heart to ask his mother back home anymore. As a little kid, he'd wanted stories of their adventures together, and he'd always just kind of assumed that the faraway look and the way he could feel her heart drop were the way things like this were meant to be.
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Date: 2018-04-10 01:55 am (UTC)Looking back toward Earth for a few beats too long.
"What's it like? Having him around?"
He regretted letting the words leave his mouth before he had even said 'him.' But there were just some things he didn't have the heart to ask his mother back home anymore. As a little kid, he'd wanted stories of their adventures together, and he'd always just kind of assumed that the faraway look and the way he could feel her heart drop were the way things like this were meant to be.