Her expression darkens--a serious feat, considering the circumstances--and one of her hands tightens into a fist. They're under-armed, half-enslaved, and who knows how far from the Moira. "Has anyone been in contact with the ship?"
I'm not in a position to use the MID is on her tongue, but the thought of admitting to her helplessness here leaves her with an empty, aching space in her chest. It's too close to accepting the situation--but between the cuffs and her current owner's (ugh) suspicions of the device, she hasn't been able to do anything with it.
(He should have caught on to the way she and Obi-Wan are talking right now, she thinks. But they're quiet enough, and Obi-Wan is dressed well enough, that perhaps he thinks she's under consideration for purchase. It's revolting as a thought, but if it gives them time...)
At Obi-Wan's question, Leia names a price--and while she doesn't have the conversion to credits, it sounds like a lot to her. "Just where are you planning to gamble?"
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I'm not in a position to use the MID is on her tongue, but the thought of admitting to her helplessness here leaves her with an empty, aching space in her chest. It's too close to accepting the situation--but between the cuffs and her current owner's (ugh) suspicions of the device, she hasn't been able to do anything with it.
(He should have caught on to the way she and Obi-Wan are talking right now, she thinks. But they're quiet enough, and Obi-Wan is dressed well enough, that perhaps he thinks she's under consideration for purchase. It's revolting as a thought, but if it gives them time...)
At Obi-Wan's question, Leia names a price--and while she doesn't have the conversion to credits, it sounds like a lot to her. "Just where are you planning to gamble?"