The gym [afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

Ben's already terrible mood had not been improved by hearing about John and Hurley on the radio.

So there he was, down in the gym despite the workout he'd gotten with his grandfather earlier in the day, kicking the ever-loving crap out of the heavy punching bag.

He was getting the feeling that he'd need his instincts to be sharp in the next few days.

[OOC: totally open omg]

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[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Jen totally approved of that color. Imagine that.

"If we'd had one of you around that whole year we spent trying to capture Ransik, it'd have been over so much faster," she said, mostly joking. It had, on the whole, been a pretty worthwhile year.

[momslilassassin]

Ben blushed harder. "We're not that impressive."

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

"Hey. I'm kidding," Jen said. "I know it might shock some people, but I can actually do that. Although it would have been kind of cool."

[momslilassassin]

"I'm not great at seeing the funny these days," Ben said sheepishly. "Normally I'm better."

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

"Easier than having to learn for the first time late in life," Jen noted, sparing him a slightly concerned glance. "That's a really steep learning curve."

[momslilassassin]

Ben had gotten good at ignoring those sorts of glances.

He began dragging a chair over to fix the bag back to the ceiling.

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Jen shrugged it off -- she still wasn't that friendly of a person even if she had improved.

She stuck around anyway, just in case. If Master Skywalker's grandson managed to hurt himself falling off a chair on her watch, she'd feel horrible about it for weeks.

[momslilassassin]

If Ben managed to fall off a chair fixing something, Anakin would probably have laughed himself into a coma.

"There," Ben said a few moments later, looking pleased. "It doesn't look like I broke anything, right?"

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

. . . Jen would kind of be horrifyingly fascinated by that.

"It looks great," she decided. "Nice work."

[momslilassassin]

He almost gave her a smile. "Thanks," he said, hopping down from the chair. "I'll see you around?"

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

"Probably. I'm oh so handwavily down here a lot," Jen assured him, heading over to grab her gym bag.