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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[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael grinned crookedly.

"One of those things you've got to live up to, then?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"My father fulfilled prophecy, my mother was elected queen at 13, my twin sister is basically starting up a government from scratch and my niece from a different time line was the youngest pilot ever admitted to the most elite squadron in our galaxy." He grinned back. "I have some fairly huge shoes to fill."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"...man, you're making me glad all I've got is Max and Isabel. Talk about your pressure."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled. "Makes me want to tell them I just want to run a miniature golf course to see their heads explode."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"But does it make you actually want to just run a miniature golf course?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Not really," Luke admitted. "It'd be kind of a waste of what I've been given, right?"

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"Well, I guess. But if it made you happy..."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Restarting the Jedi will make me happier," Luke replied. "Maybe I can play miniature golf in my spare time."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"...you're going to restart a religion and you're expecting to have spare time? Dream on, buddy."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to spend some time hiding, too," he said with a grin. "It's why I'm taking a class on being sneaky this semester."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"Everyone's got bad guys, huh?" he said, grin turning a little ironic, a little wistful.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"It's a big universe," Luke replied with an equally wry smile. "Not all of the beings in it are devoted to peace and rainbows."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"You mean there's some that really are?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke grinned. "I've read about one or two. They sound horrifically boring."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"Figures they would be", Michael said sagely. "No sense of adventure."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes they also use powerful narcotics," Luke said with a quick smile.

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"But I bet it's just the kind of narcotics that send you right to sleep. Not the kind with the interesting hallucinations."

Not from personal experience, we swear.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Like sleeping pills," Luke said, "Not like glitterstim."

His eyes went wide. "Which I would never use! I don't want to get stuck in carbonite and be indebted to a Hutt."

Luke failed at pretending to know about drugs.

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael blinked, then eyed him.

"Okay... that sounds like a story. Someone you know?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "But he was running drugs, not using them."

Pause.

"I don't suppose that makes it better."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"At least he wasn't hallucinating when he got indebted... what's a Hutt, anyway?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"The galaxy's largest slugs," Luke replied,making an "eww" face.

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"...slugs. Like, with the slime?"

His expression matched Luke's.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "Ick."

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

"Yeah", he agreed wholeheartedly.