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[jedi_librettist]

Ben picked a seat in the corner of the galley. There was something homey and comforting about watching his brother cook. The last of the tension he'd carried melted away.

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[jedi_librettist]

"Then we go to Jakku."

It's simple. Jakku had no hutts and was safe. It really isn't that nad.

[middleoftheforce]

"Jakku is a junkyard. Ships go there to die."

[jedi_librettist]

"It's safe. There are no hutts. I can get the parts I need to make a couple podracers. There's the open space to race them away from people."

[middleoftheforce]

Solo just rolled his eyes.

"I hate Jakku. Too much sand."

[jedi_librettist]

"Better sand than swamps."

Ben grimaced.

[middleoftheforce]

He can't help the eventual sigh

"You'll clean the ship of every trace of sand."

[jedi_librettist]

Ben nods, looking extremely relieved.

"That's not that hard."

[middleoftheforce]

There's a huff of a laugh.

"Yeah. Just wait."

[jedi_librettist]

"Just you wait."

It really wasn't all that hard.

[middleoftheforce]

He couldn't help but wonder if his brother would be saying that after it seemed like the traces of sand would never end.

[jedi_librettist]

The Force makes a lot of impossible things possible.

[middleoftheforce]

Thanks for reminding him.

"And don't use the Force. Force cleaning is never as good a job."

Speaking from experience.

[jedi_librettist]

"Clearly you've never had to clean all the sand out of a wreck in an hour."

Speaking from experience.

[middleoftheforce]

"Yeah. I have."

He wouldn't explain that one, no matter how hard he was pressed. There's a lot he won't explain. He did ... maybe too much in his quest to find his brother.

[jedi_librettist]

"With a droid checking after, looking for a single grain of sand?"

[middleoftheforce]

"And getting literally dragged back by the hair if they found just one."

[jedi_librettist]

"And losing all meals for the next twenty-four hours."

[middleoftheforce]

"Not that they were much to talk about anyway."

[jedi_librettist]

"They were better than nothing.."

[middleoftheforce]

He stares, words catching up with his brain.

"...Yeah. They were."

[jedi_librettist]

"And if you missed something a second time, it was another twenty-four hours."

[middleoftheforce]

"But not now."

[jedi_librettist]

"Not now," Ben agreed but the look in his eyes was so tired.

[middleoftheforce]

He couldn't fix the look, but he was hopeful it might lessen

[jedi_librettist]

"I can just be Ben still, right? I don't have to be Ben Organa-Solo?"