First Floor Garage, Monday Evening

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Sam was on the floor of the garage next to her swoop bike, surrounded by parts--half clean, half filthy--a rag, and assorted tools. She was currently busy filing down a part she'd designed and cast for the propulsion system, trying to smooth all the rough edges before she replaced it.

So far, it was a little better than it had been, but the process was slow-going because she had to keep stopping to pull the metal filings out of her fingertips. At least it was mind-numbing enough work that she could let her mind drift, and not think of anything; particularly not seventeen-year-old girls leading armies into battle, because that should never have happened.


[ooc: Open to all.]

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Luke grinned, pleased. "It might be faster," he said.

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Sam was trying not to drool on the sketch. "And how'd it handle?"

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"Watch out for trees," Luke said wryly. "I mean, it's very responsive."

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Sam cracked up. "Did you hurt yourself?"

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Luke grinned back. "Nah. The speeder was a fire-y mess, though. In my defense, the trees were really, really big."

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"And therefore really hard to miss?"

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Luke stuck his tongue out at her. "And close together. And Leia and I were...kind of on a high-speed chase through them."

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"So what you're saying is that I should be impressed that you're not currently tree sap?" Sam asked.

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Luke thought about it. "It was all Leia's fault, really," he decided.

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Oh, this should be good. "How do you figure that?"

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"She ran after the Stormtroopers," Luke said. "I told her to wait. I barely caught up before she took off after them."

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"Why did she do that?"

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"Okay, so maybe she had a point," Luke admitted. "They'd spotted our location and were about to blow our cover. But there had to be a smarter way to stop them then chasing after them."

No real doubt that Leia was a Skywalker.

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"I find explosives are good for that," Sam said helpfully.

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"Oooh," said Luke. "That would've been good."

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"Let me know next time you're going to war, and I'll set you up," she promised, "they're probably a bit primative, as far as your weapons go, but they're reasonably effective."

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Luke giggled. "Don't worry about primitive," he said. "We took out an Imperial garrison using Ewoks and logs."

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"What's an Ewok?"

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Luke put his hand at about waist height. "About yay tall. They look like teddy bears and will poke you with sticks if you give them attitude."

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"No giving the walking teddy bears attitude, check," Sam nodded. "So, wait. Did you throw them at the bad guys?"

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"No," Luke said. "They declared us part of the tribe, then declared war on the Empire on their own. We couldn't have stopped them if we'd wanted to."

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"Wow. Sounds like they were good allies."

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Luke nodded. "They were one hell of a diversion, that's for sure."

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"So, what'd you do with the trees?" Sam asked, always happy to learn new tactics.

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"They tied them between other trees with rope, then cut them when armored vehicles were coming past," Luke said, remembering a story Han had told at the victory party. "The Ewoks were also big fans of throwing things from heights."