[Anakin nearly chokes on thin air. That's impossible.]
I-- [He clears his throat; play it cool, Skywalker. Act casual. This might be an anomaly of the highest calibur, especially when it's common sense that time can't move backward, but there's no such thing as coincidence. It's impossible, and yet...it does explain that nagging familiarity.]
Anakin Skywalker, Jedi m-knight.
[It's more wishful thinking than a slip, an almost-intentional lie that he thinks better of immediately upon consideration, though the thought does cross his mind. He hasn't earned it (officially, anyway, though he'd argue that clearly his experience and contribution had more than done so in practice), but moreover, he'd never be able to explain that if questioned about it by anyone who might know better.
Any padawan in the damned galaxy, and this, this is, what, the Force's sense of humour?]
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I-- [He clears his throat; play it cool, Skywalker. Act casual. This might be an anomaly of the highest calibur, especially when it's common sense that time can't move backward, but there's no such thing as coincidence. It's impossible, and yet...it does explain that nagging familiarity.]
Anakin Skywalker, Jedi m-knight.
[It's more wishful thinking than a slip, an almost-intentional lie that he thinks better of immediately upon consideration, though the thought does cross his mind.
He hasn't earned it (officially, anyway, though he'd argue that clearly his experience and contribution had more than done so in practice), but moreover, he'd never be able to explain that if questioned about it by anyone who might know better.
Any padawan in the damned galaxy, and this, this is, what, the Force's sense of humour?]