Weird stuff for the not-Force user

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

[This is the part that's taking Han the most time to get used to. It's Jedi stuff, head talking like this. And yet now he can do it. He wonders if it's exactly the same or not. Should he worry about shielding and watching his feelings and all that?]

This is still just plain weird. Usually, it's the rest of my family doing this stuff. Now I can hear people in my head.

It's gonna take some gettin' used to, I'll say that.

I just hope I don't have to start...what'd Luke and Jaina call it...shielding? Making sure I'm not broadcasting accidentally.

So's all the rest of this stuff. I'm halfway wondering if I haven't just lost it finally.

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[morethanashadow]

[there is an important word in here.]

You know Jaina?

[no he's not answering any of the rest of the questions, Phillip is very bad at this.]

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

[Han is curious. He knows she'd be known to quite a few since she's part of this too, though.]

Yeah...I'm her dad. You a friend of hers?

[summerorange]

[The voice is vaguely familiar, but Natsumi can't quite place it. Still, it doesn't prevent her from feeling sympathetic for him.]

It can be a little disorienting at first, especially if you're not used to it from most people around you. But I assure you that you're not going mad.

[morethanashadow]

[oh. this could be... interesting.]

Um... boyfriend. Yes. [he knows enough from Phillipus's interactions with certain people that maybe he should be a bit worried about this.] It's nice to meet you?

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Wait.

She's dating?

She's only 14...even if she does sometimes seem so much older.

I got a bad feeling about this...

OK. I'll try to keep an open mind. Just don't expect me to be too thrilled for a while.

And you won't be too thrilled if you ever hurt her, that's a promise.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

[Han nods, even though given that it's all in his head, she won't exactly see it.]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess if my life hasn't driven me mad by this point, you're probably right.

Guess I'll just have to get used to it.

[morethanashadow]

[He's not quite sure what to do about you saying you've got a bad feeling about this. Or semi monologuing at him.]

I won't. [it wasn't really in his plans??] ...My name's Phillip, by the way.

[summerorange]

If you need any help adjusting, you're welcome to ask for help. Many of us are always willing to lend a hand to anyone that needs it.

[wholeheaded]

I assure you stray thoughts don't make it onto the network, you have to want it to be heard by others. But if you want to keep conversation private then you are gonna need to practice, ah, shielding.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Figures.

At least my daughter can give me some pointers.

[She'll have to. Han has a big enough problem with his mouth, he doesn't need stray words getting out that he hasn't even said yet.]

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Thanks.

I guess there's one way I'm lucky...my daughter's here and already dealt with it all.

Still works to talk around sometimes, I guess.

[Han is never one to really *want* to ask. Jaina's one thing, but others might be a tough one. Still, if he gets desperate, he isn't dumb, either. he'll suck it up and ask advice.]

[wholeheaded]

Oh, your daughter's here? That's... well it's helpful. I won't say "great" because what's great about getting taken away from your life by a bunch of trans-dimensional superbeings?

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Exactly. I guess it beats being alone, but I'd rather we were both back home.

[wholeheaded]

Nobody would argue with you on that. I'm Ambrose, by the way, I've been doing this... cripes, a bit over two and a half years now.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Yikes.

You must miss home.

I still can't figure out how that works either. No one notices in our own worlds that anyone's missing? Nothing we were supposed to deal with goes to chaos?

[summerorange]

That is true...

Ah, I apologize for my lack of manners. My name's Natsumi Hikari.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

It's all right, don't worry.

My name is Captain Han Solo. Jaina's my daughter, she says she's been here a while now.

[wholeheaded]

I do, yeah. And from what I'm told that's how it works, like we're taken out of time or something.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

I sure hope so. There are things that might not go as well otherwise. And we got a family that would probably tear up the whole galaxy looking for us if they had to.

Now I just gotta wonder if we're going to be a couple years older or whatever when we finally get back home. I hope not.

[wholeheaded]

...well. My hair's gotten grayer, but you'd have to talk to someone who's gone back to know if that sort of thing stays.

But seriously, tear up the galaxy? You folks must be pretty important.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Who's that happened to? I think I'm going to be a little kriffed off if I go home and then get pulled back in.

...Well, kinda. My wife is the Chief of State, although there's still too much politics and bureaucracy going on there for my liking. It's not the only government in the galaxy, but between her and Luke and his people and the old connections of mine they know about, someone'd have to kill them before they'd give up looking.