[IC CONTACT]

[photophobic]

You should know where to find me.
But if you leave a message here, I will see it.

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[voice]

[photophobic]

[ He's managed to go this long without really speaking to his father, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been wanting to. He just knows that it is impossible to talk with him without also reliving his greatest failure. His biggest mistake.
So when he gets the message, he has to steel himself before listening to it- and then... the concern in his voice. It cuts through him like a knife.

Han's clearly driving, too, so he can't even fall back behind the protection of text. ]

I'm outside Kenobi's apartment with Anakin.
I haven't been injured. Is Luke with you?

[carbonfrozen]

Yeah, of course Luke's with me. He's the closest to the old man between all of us, barring maybe—the guy's calling himself Anakin now? And Padmé.

Oh, good. [He sounds so relieved, just knowing his son is safe.] I can't believe I'm saying this, but—stick close to your grandfather, all right? No telling if whoever's responsible for this might decide they ain't satisfied with just Kenobi.

[photophobic]

It takes exceptional power to kill a Jedi. Few are capable of it. [ He should know. Ssh. ] We will have to identify and eliminate the threat.

[ Is he really saying this. Yes. Yes he is. ]

Together.

[carbonfrozen]

[Wow, pigs are flying.]

Can't argue with that. But we gotta keep each other safe in the meantime. Whatever threat there is, it's likely they'll be on the lookout for the rest of us—so we gotta keep any investigation under wraps.

[A tired sigh.] I'll start leaning on the contacts I've got in Maurtia Falls. Could be they might have some clue.

[photophobic]

I don't know how much you know about me. Or my abilities. But I am in very little danger.

[ It feels... very strange, talking with his father like this. Like they are simply two people without a complicated history that only one of them knows about.
He's missed the sound of Han's voice. More than he would ever admit. ]

I might be able to find us some answers, too.

[carbonfrozen]

Maybe. But if whatever this threat is took down Kenobi, way younger than he was the last time I saw him, I ain't that reassured.

[A quiet breath.] Just be careful, all right? And if trouble finds you anyway, you call me, your mother, your uncle, or your grandfather, too.

[photophobic]

[ Something in him twists so violently at that concern in his father's voice it almost leaves him breathless.
He's so much younger, yes. But the man who stepped onto that walkway in the full knowledge that he was likely going to die before reaching his son and the former smuggler with absolutely no chance of surviving a lightsaber duel offering himself as an escape route none the less are undeniably the same person.

So because he didn't on the walkway, he accepts the foolhardy offer made here. ]

Yes. I will.

[carbonfrozen]

[Han's a sucker for lost causes, unfortunately for him. He breathes out, and it feels as if a weight has been lifted off his shoulders, at least for a little while.]

That's all I need to know. Just sit tight, you and [That Barve] Anakin. [There's the tiniest hitch before he says Anakin's name, as if it's costing him something to say it, but he's willing to sacrifice his pride for this.]