Third floor common room [morning]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

After spending most of the night in a Jedi healing trance, Luke didn't look like he'd had a wall dropped on him the night before.

But he was very, very tired of his room. And he was hungry.

So over Artoo's protests, he was in the common room attempting to make breakfast.

Since he wasn't making cereal, it wasn't going very well.

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Not at all, except for some electrical jolts to keep us from channeling the Force. Dad came in pretty singed but he recovered really quickly," Luke said, not making things better at all.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn was now staring at Luke in a combination of horror, amusement, and pride. "How did you get out?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Master Jolee--the guy who runs the bar now?--Force picked the locks once the Force came back, and then we went after Doom with lightsabers and glares." Luke smiled. "I'm not sure which one is scarier on my father."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Is the guy dead?" Not that Dawn wouldn't love to help Luke get revenge, but she wasn't completely stupid. If he and his father plus two other Jedi hadn't killed the bad guy, he was either too strong or there was a good reason for it. There was nothing she could do.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke shook his head. "He's a student," he said with a little frown. "He can learn from his severe lapse in judgment."

Luke was a little optimistic.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Lapse in judgment?" Back to staring at the dopey Jedi. "Please tell me you're kidding."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke stared back. "No..."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"He tried to kill you, right?" Maybe she'd misunderstood the situation. "And now, you're just saying he...made a mistake? He'll stay here like nothing ever happened?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure he wanted up dead. He just wanted all of our power," Luke said. Because that was much better, really.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn facepalmed. "That makes it okay?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Well, no," Luke admitted, "but it didn't work, so I'm sure he's really embarrassed about trying."

Or something...

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Okay," she said, trying to be patient about this, really, but geez. "Why would you think that, as opposed to, say, him going back to his room and trying to come up with a new plan that will work?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke frowned. "Why would he do that?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Because he's the bad guy?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"He's our age," Luke argued. "Can he really be a bad guy yet?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Yes," she said, positive. "Watch the news sometime."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke made an unhappy face. "Maybe he just hasn't made the right friends."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn frowned as well. "You want to be his friend after all of this?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Haven't we all done things we regret?" Luke asked. "I'll give another chance."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Your dad's okay with this?" She was either humbled by his forgiveness or amazed by his naivete, but couldn't tell which.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke hadn't asked him. "He knows my thoughts on these sorts of situations."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Uh...huh." Dawn began covertly searching Luke for signs of a concussion or brain damage. "So, what? Gonna be best friends with this guy now?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke shook his head. "Nah. I don't think we have a lot in common. But I don't want him to think he's all along in the world and use that to plot some kind of giant weapon that would kill the rest of us."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Okay, when he put it that way, she could see his point, but..."Does it have to be you?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I don't see anyone really wanting to do it," Luke admitted.