Hello

[farmboyjedi]

Even with the contract I signed, this is a lot to process. Even after all I've seen in my life, time travel is kind of shocking to me. I keep wondering who else could be here. And how my age has been altered.

Anyway, my name is Luke. Luke Skywalker. I look like a boy right now, but I'm really an adult. I'm a little out of sorts right now, but I will help any way I can to make things better while I'm here.

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[democratically]

[Padmé notices the smile, and can tell with that alone how much Luke loves his son. As she listens, she finds her own smile growing in turn.] I fear stubborn runs in the family.

[But it sounds as if both Luke and Leia both have their hands full, but not in a bad way. It seems that they have many of their grandfather's traits, for not only was he a Jedi, but he was a mechanical whiz as well.

Her expression deepens though as he speaks of the Anakin that he knows. Her hand reaches out, to brush softly against Luke's cheek.]

I would have loved that as well.

[And she means it. Family had always been important to her.]

Not everyone is cut out for them, even some of those who were Senators.

[farmboyjedi]

"I suppose it could still happen someday...if I was brought here, and the two of you, maybe more of us will join the group." he replied. He closed his eyes, the feeling of the touch stirring feelings within him. His mother's touch...the first time he'd ever felt it. It was wonderful.

"That's very true." he agreed. "I'm not even sure about Chiefs of State sometimes. The one we got after Leia stepped down made me crazy sometimes. About the only good thing he did was that he ended up making a heroic sacrifice in the end. Now, we've got a former Imperial who's becoming too pushy about pledging the Jedi to serve the government first and foremost. I don't like it."

He sighed. "Sometimes, I don't think certain things change very much. As much as we try to create a better government, the nature of sentient beings means that things will always go wrong and there will always be fights and disagreements and dark intentions...or good intentions gone wrong... as much as peace and ynderstanding."

[democratically]

Perhaps, although this place is... It does have its moments.

[For Padmé, there is nothing else. That much she knows. To return home is to return to death. How it is staved off here, she does not know. All that she does know is that she is living, breathing, alive.]

It is not always easy. It is balancing the needs and the wants of the people, and about being able to put aside your own beliefs at times so that you can listen. Not everyone is cut out for the job, unfortunately.

[farmboyjedi]

I agree, it isn't. I admire you and Leia greatly for trying to make things better in the galaxy by doing it. And no, you're right, it isn't for everyone.

[democratically]

Some body needs to stand up for those who do not have a voice.

[And Padmé has always been that one.]

[farmboyjedi]

I agree completely. I'm glad there are different ways we can do it. We aren't all adept at the same thing, but we all help other beings in our own way.

[democratically]

Yes. Exactly that.

[As she offered a comforting smile.]

[farmboyjedi]

[He smiled back.]

You know, sometimes despite how much things have changed since...since back then...sometimes they still seem very much the same. But, sometimes I can see small changes. I feel there's always hope, even when it doesn't seem too bright. It's a lot of what's got me through the last few years...the small bit of hope that we'd come through and find peace again.

[democratically]

Change doesn't always happen over night, nor is it easy, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't try.

[farmboyjedi]

That's all anyone can do. Sometimes, it happens slowly, a small bit at a time. The Rebellion was that way a lot of the time. But we made it, somehow. We didn't give up. That's the key...don't give up.