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[This message is over a week overdue. Way to go, Anakin. Stellar life choices as always!]

If anyone saw me behaving oddly... [When doesn't he?] I was drunk. I won't be doing that again. [Because it resulted in a dislocated arm, a bitten tongue and lots of bruising.]

I didn't mean - I didn't want to - [He grits his teeth, frustrated.] I can't remember if I hurt anyone. I'd like to say I wouldn't, but -

[He has all the skills necessary to see to hurting just about anyone. Or worse.]

You're welcome to punch me if I did.

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[Don't look like someone just ran nude through your ship singing at the top of their lungs, Hux. These are very normal emotions. Not that Anakin has any experience with them either.]

I like that you have a personality. Some soldiers are no better than droids - and sometimes worse!

The clones didn't have personalities?

[Good, moving away from emotions, this will let his brain to recover. These are not normal emotions for Hux but he's starting to adjust.]

I know Imperial officers are taught to behave in a certain manner and that makes them rather predictable and well, the same.

[He would now, considering he grew up in an Imperial academy for a few years.]

I'm sure they did - do. But it has been programmed out of them so that they can be efficient. [He hasn't really made close friendships with any clones.] Exactly. When a unit acts as one, they can be deadly, but as people, they are rather dull.

It's what made the Empire efficient. Stormtroopers and lower ranked officers were the same. But it's possible to exploit that when you know what to predict. It was possible to even predict what officers like Piett and Tarkin would do in any given situation.

[And Hux is sure he is predictable as well, in some regards, but no one had been expecting Starkiller. No one had expected that anyone would be able to make a weapon like that work and would be willing to use it.]

Efficiency can be boring. I'd rather have someone around I can't fully - or easily - predict. [Someone human.] Would you joke with a Stormtrooper? It wouldn't last long.

I suppose I would have to agree, it would be boring if either of you were simply predictable. [Guess that's the charm of the Skywalkers.]

No, it wouldn't be proper for a general to joke with a stormtrooper either.

Your life would lack color. [Boredom is a big deal for him. He won't abide it.]

That's a shame. I've heard some pretty good jokes in the middle of battles. [Okay they are more smart ass remarks but they are funny.]

Don't worry, your grandson never allows that to happen.

[No, he doesn't think about what he said, shh.]

Really? Like what?

He's too fond of you to let that happen.

[Hux. Are you going to get secretly hitched too?]

Padmé once called using a blaster on enemies "aggressive negotiations" instead of "diplomatic solutions". That was funny coming from her since she always sought the latter in and out of the Senate.

I suppose he is.

[Thank goodness this isn't in person, he doesn't want Anakin to see him flustered. NO SECRET WEDDINGS.]

That's rather amusing, I heard she knew how to use a blaster fairly well.

[Wedding bells are in your future, Hux. Get ready to meet your in-laws!]

She is an expert with a blaster. You'd think she wouldn't be able to handle one, but I've seen her take out a bunch of droids in a short period of time.

[NOOOOOOOO.]

I learned about the Battle of Naboo during some of my history lessons, she was said to have been mostly responsible for winning that battle against the Trade Federation so I'm not surprised.

She was. Without her, the Gungans would have never agreed to aid anyone. [Diplomacy. He has never been very good or patient where that is concerned.] I had a hand in it too. Surprisingly.

I don't remember you being mentioned in the holos on the Battle of Naboo. But then again, I tended not to pay attention to those lessons so carefully since I wanted to go back to my physics and engineering lessons instead.

[Sorry, Anakin.]

But she's still well known even to this day.

I was a random nine year old ex-slave at the time, so there would have been no reason to mention me. [He pauses, smirking faintly.] Except that I flew a ship and destroyed the Trade Federation's base.

[NO BIG DEAL.]

She should be. There is no one else like her.

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I would think that would be a fairly important part, I wonder why it got left out of the holo. Or perhaps I wasn't paying attention at the time.

[Not that he was concerned, he had often let his mind wander when he was a child during history lessons for the most part.]

You miss her.

[It's a strange thing to him. He didn't have anyone he really missed from their galaxy, he didn't know what it felt like.]

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