SHOCK SEEMED TO BE A RUNNING THEME, DIDN’T IT? Leia still wasn’t entirely sure if she was taking it all in stride or simply tucking it all away so it could hit her all at once when she finally allowed it ( or, probably more likely, when she least expected it ). It still felt strange to be talking about children — her children — children who she had been (re)made to miss out on their childhoods as a whole. Another piece to compartmentalize. So instead she shrugged a little, letting her shoulders bob with a sigh. “I don’t suppose I ever had high expectations of being taller —- ” at least not for very long. It’s funny to try and guess at what age they all eclipsed her, but with Han in the mix, it was nothing if not inevitable. “Only Anakin, really. Things have been frantic since —-”
Just as Winter said. The fire. And her subsequent collaring alongside Han and getting tossed into a series of cells.
“No such thing as the wrong time. You came right when we needed you.”
As for their briefings, the fact that they weren’t always as informative as they could be was nothing new ——- how many times had she stood across from Dodonna or Mon Mothma knowing there was more to the story? “What did they tell you?” Versus the word on the street as it were; the word amongst those who had been on the ground. “I’ve heard the fire was our fault, that it wasn’t —-” not that she wouldn’t put it past them. Guerilla tactics against the Empire went well back to before their days when Leia was still in the Senate. “I suppose it doesn’t really matter in the end, they’re going to believe what they want to regardless.” // @wintcrs
A LIGHTHEARTED SMILE GRACED PLUSH PINK LIPS though the violence and danger of the situation they were in still masked it with an air of concern. ❝ you have always been short, i never had many hopes of you being taller than your kids - ❞ winter teased, the corners on her eyes creasing as that smile grew. but there were more pressing matters to talk about. so she’s only seen anakin whereas winter’s only seen jacen and jaina. where the hell was ben? he had always been a bit different from the others -- winter could only hope that he turned out okay. and with the fire, she hoped he was safe as well; from what she’s heard there have been dozens of casualties from the fire.
oh, the briefings. her feelings towards the potency of those briefings could be figured out by how winter rolled her eyes just at the mention. ❝ i might as well have not been briefed at all, leia, ❞ she began, arms crossing over her chest. ❝ they did not tell me who started the fire, only that we’re blamed for it. and they’ve instructed me to attempt to break into the prison to assist the captive situation come nightfall. other than that... well, they gave me directions to my quarters and that is all. i believe they are just as ill informed as the rest of us if they give us near nothing. ❞ no, she didn’t think the resistance did it. why launch an attack during a time of peace? it wasn’t the resistance. ❝ what do you know of this first order? have you any idea of how many fighters they have? of their artillery? ❞