[ Boy, he was just going to disappoint her, all around, wasn't he? Maybe the new hobby she seemed to take up during last year's tour wasn't such a new thing after all.
If it had been, he couldn't blame her. The Pre-ImperaTour came after two years of relative confinement, a time during which she kept him close so he could learn the tricks of the trade (and a few of hers) and, as he sometimes guessed, because she was lonely without his father. So of course she was bound to get a little empty-nester crazy as soon as she lost all her company to the road again. A new activity never hurt anyone.
Until it did, colliding with your head.
He rubbed at the spot of phantom pain, just above his brow. ] Eh, no. I do what I can to avoid balls to the face. [ Those kinds of balls anyway. HOO, though, not a thought to share with Mama. This one, anyway. She'd find that out, probably, a little further on down the road. ] I think you will find that you're better off putting, ah... [ Sheepishly, he pointed at her stomach. ] ...that one in dance.
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If it had been, he couldn't blame her. The Pre-ImperaTour came after two years of relative confinement, a time during which she kept him close so he could learn the tricks of the trade (and a few of hers) and, as he sometimes guessed, because she was lonely without his father. So of course she was bound to get a little empty-nester crazy as soon as she lost all her company to the road again. A new activity never hurt anyone.
Until it did, colliding with your head.
He rubbed at the spot of phantom pain, just above his brow. ] Eh, no. I do what I can to avoid balls to the face. [ Those kinds of balls anyway. HOO, though, not a thought to share with Mama. This one, anyway. She'd find that out, probably, a little further on down the road. ] I think you will find that you're better off putting, ah... [ Sheepishly, he pointed at her stomach. ] ...that one in dance.