[His back turned on her, and her throat gets tight with anxiety. Somehow, it was worse than knowing, watching him withdraw from her like that. He knew -- the whole time Anakin had been with them, he had known and he had said nothing to either of them.
Well, of course he hadn't. He would have sounded like a madman, even with the Nest and the Force to confirm his altruism.
Her heart pounds through her head, loud and unforgiving, and she loses the point her eyes are fixed on. Everything blurs, and she momentarily disappears inside of the link, searching for something to hold onto that isn't herself. Her feet carry her of their own accord, inside the room, and at some point she waves the door shut behind her.
Its a brief lapse, and her eyes flutter back into focus, disbelieving stare finding some point far on the carpet to stare at. When she finds her voice, its not quite there.]
That woman -- [She reaches through the Nest again, a limb she had largely refused and ignored, embracing it when there is nothing else for her to hold onto in order to find the information she needs but had never been given.] -- Mara Jade.
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Well, of course he hadn't. He would have sounded like a madman, even with the Nest and the Force to confirm his altruism.
Her heart pounds through her head, loud and unforgiving, and she loses the point her eyes are fixed on. Everything blurs, and she momentarily disappears inside of the link, searching for something to hold onto that isn't herself. Her feet carry her of their own accord, inside the room, and at some point she waves the door shut behind her.
Its a brief lapse, and her eyes flutter back into focus, disbelieving stare finding some point far on the carpet to stare at. When she finds her voice, its not quite there.]
That woman -- [She reaches through the Nest again, a limb she had largely refused and ignored, embracing it when there is nothing else for her to hold onto in order to find the information she needs but had never been given.] -- Mara Jade.