Room 317 [after classes]

[tatooine_doofus]

After an interesting conversation with his father early in the morning, Luke had gone for a long run.

And then an even longer session alone with the punching bag.

And then he'd tried some meditation.

Now? He'd spread parts to a small droid out all over the floor, back carefully turned away from the half of the room that was supposed to have a Z in it, and fiddled around with electronics.

Loud Corellian rock was blaring from his stereo and out through the open door.

If you asked him? He was fine.

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You mean taking something down to the bolts isn't the normal way to deal with news?" Luke asked, a smile curving up the sides of his lips.

[solo_sword]

"I'm not saying it's not valid," Jaina smiled. Not that she'd ever done that, really.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled back. "Not that you've ever done the same thing?" he guessed.

[solo_sword]

"You did see my room before I moved most of the stuff down to the garage, right?" she asked, assuming he could figure out the rest for himself.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You mean the garage hadn't relocated to the third floor?"

[solo_sword]

She made a face at him and smiled. "It was an improvement on the way my room looked back home," she said, barely managing not to say at the Academy. And really, that was more home than Coruscant anyway. "I've learned some things about organization since then."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Don't let Rory get a hold of you," Luke said with his first genuine smile of the day. "She'll have the entire place color coded."

[solo_sword]

"Thanks for the tip. I like my system, I'll stick to it." There was no system. She liked it that way.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"It's a memory exercise," Luke said, waving his hand towards his mess. "I know where every piece is."

[solo_sword]

She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Really?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "Even the pieces Artoo's been taking away and thinking I wasn't noticing."

Artoo whistled innocently.

[solo_sword]

"That's impressive. I just sort of dump things into containers and almost always find what I need right away. Maybe I should adopt your system."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"It's something Dad's had me working on," Luke said. "He'll change one thing in a room and expect me to pick it out. He says that it's essential for a Jedi to notice everything."

[solo_sword]

"As training techniques go, that doesn't sound too bad," she said.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke wrinkled up his nose. "He cheats. One time the thing he changed the battery in a remote control."

[solo_sword]

Jaina started to say something, then thought better of it. "I really have no right to be surprised by that, do I?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke shrugged. "I was kind of mad at myself for not getting it. Of course he'd do something like that."

[solo_sword]

"I don't think you can be mad at yourself the first time he does it. The second time, that might be another story."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled. "Just remember that if you go up against him. He wins. The rules don't really matter much."

[solo_sword]

"Oh, I already know I'd lose," she said. "Still, it's worth a shot to learn something. Even if he cheats."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Which he totally will," Luke predicted.

[solo_sword]

"And with that whole 'what'd I change' game, I feel a little more prepared than I did ten minutes ago."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled at her. "It's the least I can do in return for you talking me back into being a rational person."

[solo_sword]

"It's not irrational if I get it," she assured him, and paused. "Or maybe it is, now that I think about it."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I don't think Skywalkers--or Solos--have ever been accused of being too rational," Luke agreed.