video | piracy 101

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Who: Han Solo... solo. shut up it was funny in my mind
Broadcast: Yep, to anyone who will listen
Action: not really but he's probably around the Caprine if you want him
When: a couple days into the drift



[ sup Fleet. Han is somewhere on his ship, though it's hard to see much over his shoulder. He looks fairly normal and maybe a little bit bored. ]

So the thing about trafficking stolen cargo-- not that I'm doing that or saying we should do that-- is, it's pretty pointless to steal something no one wants to buy. I guess it happens, if you don't know what you're getting.

I'm sure there's a black market for ribbon somewhere...

[ He looks a little perplexed, not troubled, just deep in thought. ]

I mean, there's gotta be, right?

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[oratorical]

[She's sympathetic, certainly, even if she can't fully imagine what it's like having something this heavy seemingly dumped on you out of nowhere. And it's just as hard for her to come up with what she thinks he should know, when there's so much she's sure she subconsciously already expects him to know.

She's silent for a moment, thinking on what he might want to know, or what sort of thing she'd want to know if they were reversed.]

After you started staying with us nearly full time, we go on more than a few missions together. That's a lot to explain, though.

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[ He leans forward a bit, elbows on the table between them. ]

So tell me one good thing, from one of them.

[oratorical]

[Leia doesn't pull back as Han leans forward, but she does have enough self control and self awareness to not lean forward herself.

But picking one good thing, that's hard. There were a lot of missions that were frustratingly bad--Ord Mantell, or the time they got trapped on some old smuggler hideout planet--and it's even harder to decide whether he means a mission that went well, or something between them going along well. She looks lost in thought for a moment before deciding on one that she has a feeling he'd find interesting.]

We hijacked a Star Destroyer once. You weren't too bad of a partner on that.

[...despite the whole race to be the first to the bridge between the two of them.]

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[ He can't help it, his eyes kind of light up at that. Even if flying a Star Destroyer probably isn't much fun, that's a hell of a fight to take on. ]

Just the two of us?

[oratorical]

[That's the sort of reaction she wanted to see. It's nice reassurance that she picked a good example to share.]

There were a few others, but they were responsible for other parts of the ship. We took on the bridge.

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I can see why I'd come along on one like that.

[ bit of a joke, he knows he must already have been all in, more or less. ]

[oratorical]

Well, you've never been quiet about your talents.

[Whether he's joking or not, Leia's answer, as light as her tone may be, is the truth. Han is very far from modest when it comes to his piloting and other skills.]

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[ Life is too short to be modest.

And really, it seems like she likes cocky. He can't help smirking. ]

Doesn't sound so bad.

[oratorical]

[She doesn't smirk, exactly, but she does manage a small, slightly amused smile in return.]

It's been pretty good, most of the time.

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We should try to keep that up.

[oratorical]

[It's a positive reaction, and one that's far beyond the bare minimum she expected from this conversation. Which is to say, she's taking this as a good sign that Han isn't put off by the changes in their relationship he hasn't experienced yet and isn't going to avoid her or anything of that nature because of that.]

I'd like that. Especially while the both of us are here.

[It's easier, she's sure, to deal with all the weirder aspects of the Fleet while having someone you know and like around.]

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[ It does, absolutely, scare the hell out of him. That's not the same as putting him off, exactly. It's a lot, though.

And it's gonna stay a lot, no matter what he does, so he might as well make the best of it, try to figure out what it is that brings him back to her. ]

Then I guess we've got a plan.

[ which he actually has no clue about, how to put it into action. It's been a while since he was willing to even think about anything serious with anyone, and it's not like he's ever courted a princess before, that he knows of.

But it sounds like a good plan anyway. ]