With Padmé sitting next to him and asking him about what she’d missed – or rather, had yet to experience – he was reminded of one of their first conversations in the Land of Make Believe. It was just a few short months ago for Padmé, for him it was years, he could never forget that conversation. He remembered how devastated he felt their meeting just before that wherein he told her the terrible truths about her future back in their world. The good news about their love and Luke and Leia just didn’t seem to compare to the awful end waiting for them.
At least this time he didn’t have to tell her some crushing bad news.
“Jedi don’t have hobbies,” he joked with a smile. “You never break me of some things, I’m sorry. … I find new types of projects to work at the University. You had to take the initiative if you ever wanted us to try something new. I can’t complain about anything you asked me to participate in, but they’re really more interests than mine… And those interests usually revolved around our children.”