MCA #6- Monday evening

[solo_sword]

It had been, overall, an emotionally exhausting end to the week. Unexpectedly, though, after talking to some people and getting some overall normalcy going while she visited with her little brother... It made things more okay. If she'd talked at all casually about Anakin's death, she had to be making progress, she figured.

There were still a lot of people she wanted to see, though, and she had to keep reminding herself that she couldn't just stroll onto campus and see them uninvited anymore. At the same time, she was trying to give space and not be crowding anyone just because she was doing okay, which meant she was doing her best to shut down the urge to go out and hunt her friends and family down. At the moment, she was accomplishing this by sitting quietly in her chair, fiddling idly with her comlink, and debating whether she should give her parents warning for what she was bringing home to them this weekend.


[Expecting one, but she won't turn down visitors.]

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[weetuskenraider]

"It really did," Tahiri agreed. "Just like I remember him."

She bit her lip. "That was the part that really hit me. He was the same. We're . . . not. Not any more."

[solo_sword]

Jaina got what that meant, too. Blame her current situation for going there immediately, maybe. "So you're... What does that mean, exactly?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Going to be okay, I guess?" Tahiri tried. "Not feeling bad about getting on with my life, I suppose. He seemed pretty glad about that; I could tell."

But she was still pretty stuck on one point. "Jaina, we got to see him again."

[solo_sword]

Jaina couldn't help but smile at that. "Does it still feel unreal to you, too?"

[weetuskenraider]

"It does." Tahiri almost grinned in response. "But not in a bad way. It's almost a relief, really."

[solo_sword]

"I wouldn't call it a relief, personally," Jaina said. "More... settling."

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri considered that, then nodded. "Settling's closer to it. It wasn't as if there was some huge moment of revelation or anything like that. Just sort of . . . realizing."

[solo_sword]

"I'm glad you got to have that," Jaina said honestly. When she'd first found out about Ben and Tahiri there had been a lot of 'What about Anakin?' thoughts, but after seeing what the lack of closure had done for her Tahiri... "Seeing his reaction had to help, too. Knowing he's okay with it..."