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[keeponfighting]

[parsec]

You know what I miss? Sleep. We're going to get to sleep again, right?

[keeponfighting]

One of these days.

[ It's their little inside joke now. ]

Do you want to leave the kids with Winter and Threepio and get away for a while?

[parsec]

That sounds amazing.

We're not having any more kids, so don't get any ideas.

[ she's teasing, but that lesson has already been learned. ]

[keeponfighting]

I seem to recall that last trip was your brilliant idea.

[ The one that led to Anakin. But, yes. They need to stop taking those sort of trips. Because four children? ]

[parsec]

You're the one who's supposed to stop me when I don't think things through.

It was a good trip, wasn't it? And he's a good baby.

I love all our children dearly, which is why we need a vacation from them. I've heard Iloh has great beaches.

[keeponfighting]

It was. And he is.

[ It's always going to be his fault, he knows. So he's just not going to comment on the first part, because she's going to find some way around it anyway. ]

Iloh it is, then. I'll make the arrangements.
Should I ask Leia to come over?

[ Ben's been getting stronger in the Force, and the twins have started to show their sensitivity, too. ]

[parsec]

[ Hannah had wondered if their children would share the Force-sensitivity that runs so strongly on his side of the family. In all honestly the idea of it had terrified her - the idea of any of her children being powerful in ways she'd never understand, becoming people she doesn't understand.

without Leia, they'd be lost. ]

That would be good for them. And for her. [ the kids are fun. a handful, but fun. Leia could do with a little break now and again. ]

[keeponfighting]

[ If he's to be completely honest, a part of Luke hadn't wanted their children to be Force-sensitive. It seems too great a burden for people so young. But he can feel it, they all have the Force with them. Even little Anakin.

Without Leia, they'd be lost. ]

She's certainly better prepared than we are, at certain things.

[ Like that night Jane had a nightmare and practically levitated all the toys in their room off the floor, and Jaina had refused to stop bawling? Yeah, all his experience in politics didn't help him with that in the slightest. ]

[parsec]

[ they need Leia to help them protect their children. love will do a lot, but even love isn't enough to guide them through the confusion and chaos that being a Force-sensitive child brings.

she misses having Leia close by. it's hard to believe how much their lives have changed since they met - Leia's not the wide-eyed, naive farmgirl she used to be. Luke's become the leader he was always meant to be. Hannah's learned to let herself rely on other people - and she never saw herself as a patent. ]

Maybe one of them will want to be a smuggler. We could get lucky.

[keeponfighting]

That's your definition of lucky?
I'd rather one of them become a Wookiee.

[ Yeah, things have changed so much since they've met that sometimes he feels he's already lived an entire lifetime. ]

Leia and Winter are fine with watching the kids.
A week long enough for you?

[ Anything over three days already makes him uncomfortable but... they really deserve a break. ]

[parsec]

You like smugglers more than you let on.
And Wookies.

Besides, if we're not careful, we might end up with politicians.

[ you can practically hear her dumb grin through the text.

a week is long time to be away from the kids. but he's right - they're in the very best hands, and a week is enough time to get all the stupid squabbling out of the way and enjoy each other's company. ]

It's perfect. I'll load the ship with our favorites and pick up some hot chocolate for the kids. I've got a really good feeling about this.

[keeponfighting]

I do. Especially a particular smuggler.

[ Oh yeah, he can hear that dumb grin alright. And he not-so-secretly loves it. ] You like politicians more than you let on. Admit it.

Thanks, sweetheart. Maybe we should leave a few toys for the kids, too. Just... don't get Jane that lizard she's been asking for.