Outside the Danger Shop- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Last week's foray into a working Jedi temple had been amazing and emotional. Rey had only ever been in crumbling, ancient places, and the change of perspective was a great thing for her. It was a memory of a time when Jedi were around and things were functioning, and most of it was very different than she'd imagined.

It was also a lot. And it was a huge building. So rather than try to get through it all at once, they were back to the Danger Shop today. Rey was still excited, but in a normal way, and she was on time.

Comments

[sith_happened]

Anakin poked his head out of the room and smiled. "Welcome back."

[thatwaslucky]

"And thank you for doing this again," she smiled. "Is it ready?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "Where would you like to go today?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I kind of want to see the hangar."

Someone had remembered StealthXs.

[sith_happened]

Anakin's smile grew huge. "We can definitely do that. It's one of my favorite spots in the Temple."

[thatwaslucky]

"Shocking that I don't have to talk you into it," Rey teased.

[sith_happened]

"Isn't it?" Anakin asked. "I may have programmed them to fly," he admitted.

[thatwaslucky]

Unsurprisingly, her face lit up. "Really?"

[sith_happened]

"Of course," Anakin said, smiling. "I know the ships better than I know the building."

[thatwaslucky]

"What kinds did you have?" she asked. "I learned off old scavenged simulators, I might know some."

[sith_happened]

"Have you ever flown a Delta-7?" Anakin asked. "It was designed for Jedi, so there aren't as many systems and the controls are very responsive to account for our reflexes. Obi-Wan enjoyed flying them. The Etas were smaller and with more firepower."

[thatwaslucky]

"I haven't. Rebel and Imperial ships," she said. "I didn't know you could design them for Jedi."

[sith_happened]

"You're in for a treat," Anakin said with a smile. "It's designed for you."

[thatwaslucky]

"Is that a general 'you' or me?" she checked.

[sith_happened]

"General you, but it's the Danger Shop," Anakin said. "It's all fixable."

[thatwaslucky]

"I'll take it," she said. "I would have had questions if it was the second thing."

[sith_happened]

"I'm not a stalker," Anakin said.

Well. Any more. The teen years were questionable.

[thatwaslucky]

Probably for the best she didn't know that too. "Which way?"

[sith_happened]

"Back towards the elevator again," Anakin said. "The Council liked to have them close in case an emergency came up." He shook his head a little ruefully. "In my time, emergencies were always coming up."

[thatwaslucky]

"That doesn't surprise me at all," she said, turning towards the elevator because she knew it already. "Maybe they always were before that, too."

[sith_happened]

"That makes sense," Anakin admitted. He took her back down the main hallway, then swung to the right.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's something I've been thinking about," she said as they walked. "In a galaxy this big, with this many worlds, there's no way everyone can really be at peace, is there? It's just that nothing may be happening on a galactic scale. So Jedi are always needed somewhere."

[sith_happened]

"We are," he agreed. "It's a very large galaxy, and a lot of potential conflicts."

[thatwaslucky]

"Do you think there were ever actually enough Jedi to handle it all?" she wondered.

[sith_happened]

"I think there were periods that weren't quite so fraught, but I had to sit through enough Jedi history to know that wasn't very often," Anakin said.