He's-- [She's been here for months now, and she still hasn't found a word to describe them--one that doesn't sound faintly idiotic, anyway. There's a tiny hitch in the sentence before she goes on.] --a friend.
[Someday we'll marry and have a son. Someday our son will kill him.
Better that they move away from the subject of Han Solo, if they can.
Besides, there are so many other things to discuss.]
[Other things to discuss, like Palpatine's reign as emperor. Leia's voice grows a little stonier.]
The senate was little more than a puppet show for Emperor Palpatine. I tried my best, but-- [But Little Miss Inalienable Rights found that her efforts were constantly tabled or edited or argued off the floor.] My fa--Bail, that is, he was a part of the rebellion from its start, but I didn't start working with them in earnest until I was fifteen.
I had a scheme. I'd bring ships and supplies to planets in need and somehow-- [She laughs a little, snapping her fingers.] Somehow, the rebels always seemed to steal them out from under my nose.
no subject
[Someday we'll marry and have a son. Someday our son will kill him.
Better that they move away from the subject of Han Solo, if they can.
Besides, there are so many other things to discuss.]
Anakin mentioned that. [Any fondness in her voice is solely for Padmé herself, however.] And you were a senator after.
[Other things to discuss, like Palpatine's reign as emperor. Leia's voice grows a little stonier.]
The senate was little more than a puppet show for Emperor Palpatine. I tried my best, but-- [But Little Miss Inalienable Rights found that her efforts were constantly tabled or edited or argued off the floor.] My fa--Bail, that is, he was a part of the rebellion from its start, but I didn't start working with them in earnest until I was fifteen.
I had a scheme. I'd bring ships and supplies to planets in need and somehow-- [She laughs a little, snapping her fingers.] Somehow, the rebels always seemed to steal them out from under my nose.