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[bailedontheempire]

[Filtered from Leia, Luke, Anakin, Padme and Han. Oh Force from Han.]

I know there are others here with friends out of time. And some who have children on board.

[He speaks slowly. He's been sleeping poorly. The stress of all this, perhaps.]

Has anyone had the two combine? I'm finding it difficult to know what to do with my daughter being a woman grown when she was three years old the last time I saw her.

[He pinches the bridge of his nose. He is way too tired to figure this out.]

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[padawansnips]

[When she finds that she can't sleep, she meditates. But even that's not good enough. So Ahsoka looks tired and therefore is going with voice.]

You could get to know her, Senator. Ask her about the things that happened in her life.

[leaps]

Does she still know you?

[bailedontheempire]

It took me a moment to recognize her, but she knew me immediately.

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[summerlord]

[This strikes a chord, in two very different ways. Aragorn is still his foster-son and still the same age as when he last saw him, but the worlds they came from are so different, in seemingly subtle ways. On the hand, Maglor -- the foster-father he had not seen for thousands of years -- is here as well. There is definitely sympathy in Elrond's voice when he answers.]

She is still family, is she not? [A pause] I find myself caught in near similar situations.

filtered to Bail;

[thebreakingwave]

The people who become by parents are here and they're younger than I am. It's a bit of a mess.

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[bailedontheempire]

Yes, nothing could change that. There's just normally... a bit more time to adjust, however quickly children grow up.

How have you managed it?

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[bailedontheempire]

[Especially since it seems he'll never know her at this age]

I suppose that's a place to start.

filtered

[bailedontheempire]

That sounds even more complicated than our situation.

[Well, except for the birth parents, they make things interesting]

At least I'm still older than her.

[padawansnips]

I know I would be glad to tell Master Kenobi and Anakin about me if they wanted to know.

[Pause.]

And Leia seems nice. If you concentrate on the things that happened - or will happen - maybe you won't find it so difficult to adjust to.

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[summerlord]

Indeed there is. [There's a pause -- he hesitates, in point of fact, before revealing his own situation.] I am both child and father here. I was older than your daughter when last I saw my own father. [Or, well. The elf who was more a father to him than anyone else had been.] We have begun to forge our relationship anew. He is the same as I remember him. Your daughter does not look upon you as a stranger; you need not treat her as one.

video;

[cargojet]

Long lost children, huh? I think I can help you with that one.

You around here? Might be a better topic for off the network.

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[thebreakingwave]

It's a bit of a mess.

[Maybe more of a mess because he tried to interfere.]

I don't really have any advice about what to do, just to be careful.

[expect]

( oh

they can start a club. bracingly: )

You sort of get used to it.

[bailedontheempire]

She does seem like someone anyone would be proud to claim as their daughter.

[And altogether too many people here could]

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[bailedontheempire]

[No, just a dead man]

She has grown to be someone any father would be proud of. Maybe in time I'll grow accustomed to thinking of her as an adult.

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[bailedontheempire]

Careful was the order of the day even before she arrived. The timelines from my home are quite badly tangled.

video;

[bailedontheempire]

That would be wise. I'm not far.

[bailedontheempire]

You do?

[At least he's not the only one this has ever happened to?]

[expect]

Well. Sort of. I mean, hopefully.

[bailedontheempire]

Do you have experience on that front?

[expect]

Suddenly quite a lot of it.

[bailedontheempire]

Sudden seems to be the defining trait.

video.

[ladymother]

I have not been separated from my own children for so long, but I understand how difficult it must be. [She has not seen some of them in a year, perhaps two, and already there are secrets.] The only advice I can give you is to treat her as an equal, and not as a child.

[padawansnips]

See? You could learn all about her.

[Get to know her.]

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[thebreakingwave]

Same with mine. We'd been very careful with time travel, but there's still a few things that sort of slip about.