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[tucky]

Tiffany breaks into a wide grin. As usual, as always, she really likes her inmate. "Right? He reminds me a lot of people from home. He's from the city, but his, like-- mindset's kinda the same."

[neverjoinyou]

Luke chuckles at that. "So you're saying you two would've been trouble," he says. "Do you ever think about that?" he changes topics suddenly. "Going home, I mean. Just... with everything that's happened. How you... go back?"

[tucky]

"I won't," she says immediately. "Not for good, anyway. Maybe, like, a visit."

[neverjoinyou]

Luke nods thoughtfully. "Then I'm glad this place is here for you," he says. "Thanks, by the way," he continues. "For not, you know. Turning your back on me."

[tucky]

"You thought you were helping your inmate," she says, with a tight little shrug. "It doesn't mean I like what you did, or what he did, but-- I'd be a hypocrite if I hated you for it."

[neverjoinyou]

Luke shrugs. "Still," he says, but he's not sure exactly what to add to that, or why he brought it up. "I guess we live and learn."

He's also not sure what he'd have done differently, though he knows he could have done better. He takes a sip of his drink, wincing slightly.

[tucky]

"You okay?" she asks, peering at him. She'd noticed that wince.

[neverjoinyou]

Luke smiles. "Ah. Not used to..." He glances at the bottle. "Tequila? I'm fine."

He is. Just... a little cowed, maybe. Humbled.

[tucky]

"Oh. Uh..." She looks dubiously at the bottle. "If you changed your mind and you don't want that or beer, I got water. Or orange juice."

[neverjoinyou]

Luke shakes his head. "It takes a lot for me to get drunk these days," he informs her. "Some weird Jedi metabolism thing, I think." Honestly, it's kind of nice, that it bites a little going down. He lowers his glass, and looks at her for a moment. "So, distract me. Tell me something you do for fun."

[tucky]

There's a few answers she could give to this; she takes a moment to pause and think about which one she wants to pull out. "I like visiting home in the Enclosure," she says, finally. "The woods, mostly."

[neverjoinyou]

"Woods," Luke says, testing it with a small smile. "The places people come from... no matter how many planets I've been to, I still feel a little like an Outer Rim peasant. Trees, oceans, mountains... I just gawk."

[tucky]

"I'd probably gawk too if I saw the desert you're from," she points out. "You wanna see my woods someday? I could show you."

[neverjoinyou]

"I'd like that," Luke says immediately. "Most of the places I've been, it was to hide or fight--not sightsee. I haven't really gotten the chance to just explore--until the Barge, that is."

Maybe that's why he's still here. Well, that and Bill.

[tucky]

"You do that in the Enclosure much? Or just in ports and stuff?" The Enclosure allows for more freedom of choice, sure, but it's also not really real - which is more of a sticking point for some people than others.

[neverjoinyou]

"Oh, no," Luke says, shaking his head. "I mean, I go there, sometimes, but..." He shrugs. "Maybe I'm just not very creative, but I never know what to choose, myself. I like being shown things that mean something to people. And it's useful, for training. But there are so many real places I haven't been, you know?"