[ It’s him. She knows it’s Anakin in that unmistakable way that she knows her brothers, but already she can feel the rest of her senses resisting, eyes flicking right past the young man helping her to her feet, looking for the little boy she knows. The Anakin she’d last seen not so long ago. The brother she doesn't need to worry about, because he's safe at home where he belongs.
He shouldn’t be here. This (strange, grownup?) Anakin shouldn’t be here.
But somehow, against the backdrop of all-too-friendly robots and a kilometers long trek through trash, it doesn’t matter. She lets go of his hand and throws her arms around him instead, grinning while she hugs him, trash-covered jumpsuit and all. ]
Are you okay? [ It’s a dumb question, yet somehow still the first one she needs to ask. ] What happened here? [ to you ]
unearthly shriek
[ It’s him. She knows it’s Anakin in that unmistakable way that she knows her brothers, but already she can feel the rest of her senses resisting, eyes flicking right past the young man helping her to her feet, looking for the little boy she knows. The Anakin she’d last seen not so long ago. The brother she doesn't need to worry about, because he's safe at home where he belongs.
He shouldn’t be here. This (strange, grownup?) Anakin shouldn’t be here.
But somehow, against the backdrop of all-too-friendly robots and a kilometers long trek through trash, it doesn’t matter. She lets go of his hand and throws her arms around him instead, grinning while she hugs him, trash-covered jumpsuit and all. ]
Are you okay? [ It’s a dumb question, yet somehow still the first one she needs to ask. ] What happened here? [ to you ]