[ oh. that was.. a while ago. years ago by luke's count. he blinks, glancing down thoughtfully at his feet. there's definitely something off here, but he's not quite sure how to put his finger on it. it has nothing to do with their very different places in the timeline and everything to do with why she's been avoiding him. he thinks.

he doesn't blame people for avoiding him, no more than he blames people for pinning their hopes on him. after over two decades with the only examples of the force being represented in his father and in the emperor, he can see why people would be.. afraid of him. this doesn't feel like that, though. not really.

he clears his throat. ] It's.. been a couple of years since Yavin for me. I won't tell you anything else if you don't want to know, but.. you should probably at least know that the Emperor and Darth Vader are dead. [ that's barely a beginning to the fall of the empire, but it is a real beginning. ]