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We were chatting happily about other people; then he asked me what I would do if I fell in love with a Jedi. Well, that's a loaded question. I want to be honest, but I run a high risk of offending him since he had that little dalliance with Siri. I leaned forward and rested my chin on the base of my hands. "Hard to say. I'd like to think I'd be smart enough to avoid that situation. Jedi have taken an oath to their order, a relationship would be a direct violation of that. I'd have a hard time fully trusting someone who could easily ignore or disregard something of that magnitude and importance." I thought about it some more, trying to put myself in Padme's position. "I certainly would not have fallen for Skywalker. As for being in Padme's place, I can't put myself there, we've had vastly different experiences. Maybe she fell for Anakin because she saw him a protector. Which is funny seeing that he's rarely around these days. Honestly, I think I would walk away if I fell in love with a Jedi." I sat back and made of gesture of concession, "But who knows, maybe it'll work great between them."

He laughed a bit, "That's funny. I would've said almost the opposite. She likes to 'fix' things and he strikes me as one of those 'tough guys' who's needy on the inside. In other words, someone who needs 'fixing.' I could see her gravitating towards someone like that." I thought about his take on why the two of them had gotten together, while different than mine, it had some good points.

I looked him over, then decided to ask him a variation of his question. "So, what would you do if you were in Padme's shoes? Would you have married your Jedi?" Yes, yes, a prying question, a prying question he failed to answer. “At her age, I could walk away from someone I was in love with and tell myself it's the best move for all concerned. At my age, maybe not." Wow, that’s not a cryptic and somewhat worrying response. But that Jedi isn’t around, so I’ll not worry about her.

"At your age? You make it sound like you're an old man," I teased, gently poking him in the side. "You're not that much older than she is." I stood up and turned to him, "And somehow I doubt even at your current venerable age, I doubt you'd settle for something you didn't think was wise." I held out a hand to help him up. "We should probably get started looking into this. I'll check out Bibble and see if I can manage some time to travel to Naboo."

TBC

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