It's not that I don't want to-- [And it doesn't take much more cajoling than that. The idea that he could just...subvert that barrier of can and should altogether is precisely what he's always adored so much about her: the idea that she, above all others, cares to such a minute extent.
Unfortunately, as lifted as his spirits are momentarily, there's little but bad news in the explanation.
He doesn't really start until they've begun moving again, it's a routine that helps distract from his hesitance, gets his mind off the nervous tics that threaten should they have stayed still much longer.]
War started. [said without preamble; he'll never be able to get it out otherwise] Without us.
...Mostly without us. [There's a hint of a smile there; truth told, he's not wholly displeased with most of his memory of Geonosis. But should he get the chance, he's going to kick the leader of the Trade Federation in the face, with no regret.] It's...complicated?
[AKA: the politics, as usual, are mostly still beyond him. He tries to keep up more than he used to, virtue of usually being married to a senator thrust into the middle of the dispute, but there's plenty at play that he's not aware of. Plenty Padme's said in the interim that's left him struggling to remember who said what, and certainly plenty that the Chancellor has said that's made no sense at all.
All he's ever needed to know is who the enemy is and given range to do his work.
In all of this, there's still no mention of what's led to the missing limb, or what's contributed to his clearly still-lingering affections.]
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Unfortunately, as lifted as his spirits are momentarily, there's little but bad news in the explanation.
He doesn't really start until they've begun moving again, it's a routine that helps distract from his hesitance, gets his mind off the nervous tics that threaten should they have stayed still much longer.]
War started. [said without preamble; he'll never be able to get it out otherwise] Without us.
...Mostly without us. [There's a hint of a smile there; truth told, he's not wholly displeased with most of his memory of Geonosis.
But should he get the chance, he's going to kick the leader of the Trade Federation in the face, with no regret.] It's...complicated?[AKA: the politics, as usual, are mostly still beyond him. He tries to keep up more than he used to, virtue of
usuallybeing married to a senator thrust into the middle of the dispute, but there's plenty at play that he's not aware of. Plenty Padme's said in the interim that's left him struggling to remember who said what, and certainly plenty that the Chancellor has said that's made no sense at all.All he's ever needed to know is who the enemy is and given range to do his work.
In all of this, there's still no mention of what's led to the missing limb, or what's contributed to his clearly still-lingering affections.]