"You'll have to ask him about that." Leia might not be anyone's mother yet, but she recognizes a dropped hint when she hears it, and her own response comes strangely easily. There's a sort of warmth there, almost teasing. I wonder how different I seem to her. "But introduce yourself first. We didn't come here expecting to meet our children."

And now that she's said that, she'll have to explain it. Jaina's old enough that she might pick up the plural there, or how quickly Leia accepted the fact of being her mother.

Her expression sobers a little; she wonders if she ought to reach out to the girl, set a hand on her shoulder, but she doesn't. "You should know, too--your brother is here."