Room 317 [afternoon]

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke wouldn't say that he had been spending the entire weekend hiding in his room, but he'd pretty much spent the entire weekend hiding in his room.

He'd call it "processing."

It looked a lot like brooding.

Yoda was in his tank doing the supportive pet thing. Or sleeping. It was kind of hard to tell.

[OOC: Door is closed, post is open :)]

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"Hi!" Rory said. "I hadn't seen you for a few days, so I came to see if you'd been eaten by the school or jumped off the roof or something."

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Luke gave her a small smile. "Nothing nearly that interesting," he said. "I was just, um, taking some time for myself. Would you like to come in?"

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"If you're meditating, I don't want to disturb you," Rory said, completely misunderstanding.

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"Meditating?" Luke repeated, looking confused.

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"You know, closing your eyes and connecting with the Fo...." Rory trailed off. "Yeah, you don't know about the meditating thing, either, huh? Sorry. It's just quiet...thinking and being peaceful, basically."

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"Sounds nice," Luke said with a small sigh. "I could use some peace."

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"Everything okay?" Rory asked, immediately concerned. "Or is it still just everyone being weird about you being your father's son, et cetera, et cetera?"

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"Some of that," Luke admitted, walking over and flopping back down onto his bed. "But it had been a long couple of weeks before I arrived, too."

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Rory carefully shut the door behind her and tentatively went to sit on the edge of Luke's bed. "Because of blowing up the Death Star and Ob...Ben?"

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"Among other things," Luke said, chewing on his lower lip. "Let's just say that if the Rebellion hadn't sent me here, I honestly have no idea where I would've gone."

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"Something wrong with going back home?" she asked softly.

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Luke stared at the ground. "There's nothing there," he said finally.

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"...literally or figuratively?" Rory asked quietly, because it was hard to tell sometimes, and scooted a little towards him.

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"Not quite Alderaan gone," Luke said, "but the Empire was...pretty thorough."

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"Oh, Luke," she breathed. "Why didn't you say anything before?"

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Luke was still staring at the floor. "Didn't exactly come up in conversation."

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"You should've said something," Rory said very quietly. "I'm so, so sorry."

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"What's there to say, really?" Luke asked. "Has anything people have said to you about my father helped?"

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It was Rory's turn to look down. "No. But no one should have to deal with something like this entirely alone, even if it doesn't help very much."

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"Ben died going up against Vader," Luke said softly. "Biggs died in the assault against the Death Star." He swallowed hard. "And Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen died because we bought the wrong droids."

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Rory moved over and hesitantly wrapped an arm around his shoulders, staying quiet.

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Luke moved closer and closed his eyes.

"Thanks," he said after a long moment.

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"Of course," Rory replied, not letting go yet. "Everyone should have someone to talk to about this kind of thing."

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"I'm freaking people out enough," Luke said into her shoulder. "I didn't want to add, 'by the way, my family died last week. Pass the popcorn.'"

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"You could've told me."