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Anakin is curled up in the booth in the dark corner as usual. An empty glass in front of him, head against the wall, and eyes closed. He's not asleep....he's just resting.

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"Hey, little brother," Jaina says with a tired grin as she walks over to his booth.

"Hey, sis. What's up? Where's your other half?"

He jokes half-heartedly.

"You mean Jacen? Force knows where he is now." Jaina takes a seat across from him. "Zekk's still asleep upstairs."

Anakin smiles,

"So how have things been going..."

He sits up and offers you the seat next to him.

Jaina moves over to sit next to her brother. "Things have been going fine."

It's not the truth.

Anakin looks crossly at his sister. He knows her well enough.

"Spill it, Jaina...something's not right..."

He crosses his arms.

Jaina rolls her eyes. Brothers...

"Got into a fight with Jag, kissed Zekk. Nothing that important." She waves a hand dismissively. "How have you been?"

"Not too bad...I mean I have things to distract me from life, I'm just well..."

He searches for a good word...and for lack of a better one..

"Living..."

"Like waitering?"

"Love it...it gives me a chance to meet a lot of people."

She nods. "Met anyone interesting?"

"Not really that stand out in a place like this.."

Anakin shrugs.

She chuckles. "Suppose you have a point." A pause. "How has your training been going?"

"I've been practicing. I mean I always practice. I guess I'm looking forward to learning something new..."

Jedi are always learning as well as teaching.

Jaina nods. "You know Aunt Mara was here yesterday?"

Anakin promptly jaw drops....speechless.

"Nothing happened to her did it?"

He asks hurriedly.

She shakes her head, looking at him curiously. "No. She's fine."

Anakin breathes a sigh of relief. What? He can't help it if he doesn't want any of his relatives to end up stuck here like he is.

"So how is she?"

"Very Mara," Jaina replies with a dry laugh.

Anakin laughs.

"Did she say anything about Uncle Luke?"

"She was too busy scolding us to really mention him. Ben's fine, though."

At this Anakin can hold in his laughter no longer.

Jaina glares at him. "What's so funny?"

"What was she scolding you about? It seems weird for someone to take a trip here just to scold someone."

"Don't think she meant to come here." Jaina frowns. She wishes she hadn't. "About the Colony. She doesn't understand we were only doing what we were supposed to."