Fourth floor common room: Sunday morning

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After returning from the stables, Karal had taken a shower, changed into his robes, and headed for the common room. Tea was quickly made, and now he was sitting at the table, a pot of it in front of him and a cooling cup by his hand.

He was holding his Vkandis medal, fingers tracing each ray of the sun, lost partly in thought, partly in prayer.

[ooc: open! He's not emo, I promise, just thoughtful.]

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"So are you," Luke pointed out with a grin. "I haven't gotten out of the habit, either."

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"And you've been here longer," Gavin said. "It's never gonna go away?"

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"Eighteen years of habit was hard to break," Luke said, pushing his sleeves up. "Is there coffee around?"

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"Karal gave me tea so I don't know," Gavin said. "Tea's not bad."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I could do tea," Luke said, moving so the scar on his arm was visible.

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And Gavin caught that site and frowned. "What'd you do?"

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"Run in with your favorite person," Luke said quietly, covering his arm back up. "It's not a big deal."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"She do that with the quill?" Gavin asked, voice hard.

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Luke shook his head. "The wand. Be careful, okay?"

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He clenched his hands into fists, ignoring the stinging that brought on. "Why'd she do that to you?"

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"Because she could," Luke said. "I asked her to stop hurting people. This was her response."

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"Nice," Gavin said and rubbed his face. "Doesn't sound like talking will work."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Well, force wasn't great either," Luke admitted ruefully. "I tried to take her wand and got tossed into the wall for my trouble."

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Gavin winced and glared towards the door like Umbridge was standing right there. "Are you really all right?"

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"Nothing that won't heal," Luke said, sitting down near Gavin after fixing himself a cup of tea.

He stared into it. "I'm not going near her alone again for all of the credits on Imperial Center."

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"I'm not either," Gavin admitted, nodding once. "If she calls me into her office, I'm taking people with me."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Me people," Luke said firmly, looking over at him.

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"You were on the top of the list," Gavin said and took a sip of his tea. "Very top."

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Luke looked pleased to hear it. "I still haven't figured out how do anything to her that doesn't involve breaking into the weapons locker."

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"And we really can't do that?" Gavin asked. "She looks like a pink toad. She can't be fast enough to dodge blaster fire."

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Luke arched an eyebrow. "My teacher looked like a green frog and he kicked my ass. Don't make assumptions."

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"That's because you're weak and frail," Gavin said, trying valiantly to keep a straight face.

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"It's true," Luke said, snickering. "I am a wilting flower who should be kept away from the big, scary lady."

He put his hand up over his forehead dramatically. "Help me, Master Darklighter! You're my only hope!"

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"Master is right," Gavin said and made a show of buffing his fingernails on his shirt. "First time I go back home, I'm gonna tell Wedge to call me that from now on. After he laughs at me, I'm going to blame you. I think he'll understand then."

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Luke laughed again. "Wedge loves me," he claimed. "He'd never believe I'd make you do such a thing."

Wow was that not true.