The gym [Tuesday evening]

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Luke was feeling a little penned in, so he trotted down to the gym and got to work on the punching bag.

For a guy who didn't look like someone who'd enjoy a fight, he certainly knew what he was doing.

[OOC: So many kinds of open.]

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Cassandra had wandered into the gym mostly because she didn't have anything else to occupy her time. She watched Luke from the doorway, willing to observe until he noticed her.

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Which didn't take long, Jedi reflexes being what they were. He looked up with a smile. "Did you want to use this?" he asked politely.

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She shook her head, "Just... watching." Then, "You're pretty good."

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"Thanks," Luke said with a grin. "I'm normally working with a weapon, but in the real world, that can change in a heartbeat, so hand-to-hand is important, too." He ran his hand through sweat-curled hair. "At least that's what my teachers always said."

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"They're right," Cassandra nodded. "Or you might be attacked in your sleep or something." Her dad had thought that was an excellent teaching technique.

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"At home I got used to sleeping with my lightsaber under my bedroll," he said, "but I'm not about to bring down the wrath of Principal Washburn when it isn't necessary."

Or his father. Not that he'd say that.

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"That's a smart thing to do," Cassandra laughed. "Do you get attacked much during your sleep then?"

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"It's been known to happen," Luke said, nodding.

Yoda was old, but he was sneaky.

"A Jedi should never be off his guard," he said, then made a "blah, blah, blah" motion with his hand.

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Cassandra laughed again, "My dad never said it like that, but he definitely believed it."

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"My old master said it all the time," Luke said with a rueful smile, "and then he'd try to hit me with his stick."

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"Worked though, didn't it?" Cain had shot her. It had been pretty effective, really.

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"Totally," Luke said. "For a 900-year-old being, Master Yoda could move."

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Lifting a teasing eyebrow, she asked, "How do you keep in practice without him around?"

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"My father, mostly," Luke said. "He's harder to please than Master Yoda was."

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"Yeah. Dads can be like that."

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Luke stepped back from the bag in case Cassandra wanted a turn at it. "Yours is tough too?"

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"Very," she nodded. "He's... sort of in jail at the moment, though."

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Luke's expression didn't change. Force knew his father was hardly a saint. "How much longer does he have?" he asked.

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"As long as he'll stay." Cassandra sort of sighed, "Life sentence, but it's not like they could keep him in if he didn't let them." Sometimes she suspected that he stayed in jail because she wanted him to.

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Luke nodded. "You think he's staying there for you?" he guessed.

Luke was always an optimist.

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"Sometimes." She frowned, "He knows I'd go after him if he broke out." And maybe he had changed...

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Luke gave her a sympathetic smile. That, he understood. "He probably doesn't want to put you through that."

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"No," she agreed. "We... don't really get along most of the time."

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"That doesn't stop him from being your father," Luke said quietly.

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"No. It doesn't," she answered just as quietly.