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Who: Luke Skywalker and CR
What: Catching up on desired CR activities. Prompts in comments; message me if you want one, or feel free to start your own.
When: Through the month of September.
Where: Throughout Trench

Content Warnings: Will be updated as needed.

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She contemplated revealing herself and then made a noise, sighing.

"That's not too different from my own future, bringing light to others. We don't have Jedi but..." she rubbed her arm, looking up at the kitchen ceiling. "Back home..." she bit her lip. "But anyway, what I'm being asked to do, I don't know the first thing about how." How does one become queen of an entire planet?

"Meanwhile, no one asks anything of me here. It's weird to get used to."

She turned back over to him. "I'm sorry I can't be of much help about teaching and all that, I'm a pretty terrible student."

Luke smiled gently as she struggled to say what she wanted to say, as if to gently assure her that she didn't need to tell him anything she didn't feel comfortable with him knowing. Stars knew he had his own share of secrets that he wasn't willing to give out yet, even to his own father. There would be a time and a place for those secrets to come to light, but it didn't have to be forced if it could be avoided.

Instead he focused on the last part of what she said, letting out a soft chuckle. He paused a moment, testing the stew first and nodding to himself, before turning down the heat enough to keep the pot warm as they started serving themselves.

"I don't believe there's such a thing as a terrible student," he finally replied. "Just terrible teachers that don't know how to connect with the people they're teaching, and don't attempt to make that connection."

"Mmmmm, you've never been my teacher," she offered, blushing. She had no faith in her abilities to learn. When you're friends are literal geniuses in so many ways, being below average tended to exacerbate the issue.

"You'd sing a different tune if I had to be your student, though I don't know what you'd teach me either," she snorted in amusement.

She got a bowl and filled up a massive portion, grabbing a spoon.

"Here, let's go to the dining room."

"I don't know about that; I'm certain I could figure some way to help you out," Luke replied, not... quite sure if he was teasing or not. It would certainly be interesting if he could help her with something, but he wasn't even sure what to teach her. Sure, he was a Jedi, but he wasn't exactly sure how much Jedi philosophy could help people that didn't have the Force.

He plopped down in the dining room, taking a spoonful of the stew and sticking it in his mouth, chewing on the meat thoughtfully. Well, he wasn't just a Jedi, but he wasn't sure how to balance a farm's income or being a freedom fighter or flying a starfighter would be helpful either.

"...you know, I am trying to think of something to teach you now."

She sat down with her own bowl, immediately digging into her soup. She lifted a brow, surprised he was still focusing on what he could even teach her.

"Mnn, I rather like you liking me rather than thinking I'm a dumb student, so it's probably best you DON'T know what to teach me."

"It would take a lot more than being a 'poor student' for me to stop liking you, Usagi," Luke replied easily, because it was true. Usagi was too bright and wholesome not to like; he couldn't even imagine her sinking to the level of betrayal that would take him to shift his opinion, and even then his first assumption would be she was being manipulated rather than she had sunk so low of her own volition.

"You know... maybe I could teach you some Jedi philosophy," he added after swallowing a mouthful of food. "Obviously anything with actually using the Force wouldn't work, but being able to keep calm under pressure might be helpful."

Especially in a place where they could randomly end up facing their worst fears without warning?

Usagi blushed deeply again. There he went with those compliments. She merely ate her soup in silence, wanting the red on her cheeks and ears to die down before she answered him.

She looked over to him at the mention of Jedi philosophy. Admittedly, everything she knew about the Jedi was from Maul's incredibly skewed perspective so she took just about everything with a mountain of salt. And she had gleaned some things here and there from Obi-Wan, but maybe actually finding out what it was Maul was so deeply opposed to from an ACTUAL Jedi wouldn't be such a bad idea.

"Uh, sure, if you want?" she's not sure how she suddenly became a student of Jedi philosophy, but here they were. "But again, fair warning, I'm a terrible student."

Edited 2022-05-30 18:51 (UTC)

Luke, bless him, did not seem at all deterred by that. Instead, he offered her a bright smile, a little bit of stew juice almost escaping from his mouth in the process. He paused a moment to lick at it, grabbing up a napkin to wipe it off, before he spoke.

"Tell you what," he said. "You have faith in my ability to teach, and I'll have faith in your ability to learn, and we'll figure out the rest along the way."

She laughed as she offered him a napkin.

"Maybe I'll have to teach you something too," she offered. "Don't know what, but something," she grinned as she took another sip of her stew. "But for now, let's eat."

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