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They were still asleep as Lily poked her head through the wall directly over them, looking down with a fond smile on her face. They're so cute, I wish I had a camera.
Behind her Master Fay finished waking up, a quick process for any Jedi. Jedi never seemed to go through the whole 'where I am I, what time is it can I go back to bed for a few minutes' that most people seemed to have to deal with. Instead they came to full wakefulness almost immediately and Lily often wondered if this was because of their being connected to the Force as a whole, or because of their mental discipline. She supposed it didn't matter, and with an ethereal shrug Lily set that topic aside. "Harry and Aayla are both outside, I don't suppose you have a camera on you Fay?"
"I'm afraid not Lily," Fay said, smiling up at her friend, then looking around as Master Dooku came out of the small corner he had ensconced himself in the evening before. Master Qui-Gon too roused himself swiftly, coming out of the tiny kitchen where he had slept the evening before. "Why, do they paint a particularly cute picture?"
"Oh yes, however I am still going to give them the Talk later on." Lily caroled a surprisingly evil grin on her face.
"Why in the world would you want to do that?" Fay asked her eyes slightly wide now. "We've given Harry some of the Talk already, and Aayla will surely know about the biological side of things in excruciating detail. Explaining it and the birthing process as clinically as possible is part of how the Order indoctrinates younglings into ignoring the pleasures of the flesh."
Both Dooku and Qui-Gon frowned at the use of the word 'indoctrinate'. It had bad connotations, and they didn't like hearing it used for the Jedi training. Still, neither could actually argue with the fact that scaring them straight was a part of the normal way the Council of First Knowledge tried to 'help' the Jedi trainees going through puberty.
"I know, but that's the clinical side of things, not the emotional, not the do's and don'ts of dating." Lily replied, still smiling, though it had changed from an evil expression into a tender one for a moment. . "What they have is precious, and I don't know enough about their bond to say they could screw it up somehow. So it's best to make certain they know they shouldn't try to rush things or other more common ways of screwing up a relationship." Then the teasing glint was back in her eyes. "Besides, it'll be fun."
"Torture by any other name Madame Lily is not allowed by the Jedi Order which means I should stop you, on the other hand you are not a part of the Order lady, so I would merely ask you to keep the bloodletting to a minimum, " Qui-Gon said with a rueful chuckle, causing his former master to snort in amusement. A second later the Force Ghost he had been introduced to as Lily Potter left, allowing him and Dooku to turn to their plans for the day.
Inside Qui-Gon was wondering how this would go. Knowing now that Anakin was the Chosen One, Qui-Gon wondered if he had perhaps been a little too quick to agree that they would purchase Shmi from Watto as well. After all, it would not do for the Chosen One to still retain any kind of exterior attachment that could get in the way of his destiny.
But Dooku and the others would probably not agree with leaving her behind if we have the means to purchase her, and the very idea of leaving a slave in chains when we don't have to leaves a bad taste in my mouth as well. We will simply have to try to distance them physically. That should be simple enough.
He looked up as he saw Padme coming out of the small electronic workshop where she had been bedded down with Fay earlier. Fay of course had woken up far quicker than Padme, and now the young girl was walking forward, with her hands outstretched and her eyes squinted as if she was trying to see something in the distance. "What are you doing Padme?"
"Since I heard you talking to her I assumed Lady Lily was still around. Wouldn't it be rude for me to walk through her?" The currently in disguise queen of Naboo was still somewhat bemused by the idea of ghosts being real, but with the others talking to Lily most of last night, she had no choice but to accept their existence.
Lily laughed. "Don't worry about that child," she said reaching down to pat Padme on the head. As she had known it would, her hand passed right through, and Padme made no sign of having felt anything.
Fay chuckled as well, shaking her head at her friend's antics. "Don't worry Padme," she relayed to Padme. "You would not be the first person to walk through Lily like that, she is quite used to it."
"If you're sure?" Padme said, then looked around as Anakin, who had his own closet-sized room smiled at her, then looked around for the other Jedi as Lily turned away and made her way through the outer wall once more.
"I see you're still clothed at least."
Outside his mother's voice woke Harry up with a start, and Harry jumped, nearly dislodging Aayla from where she was sleeping against his chest to stare up at Lily, seeing one eyebrow arced in sardonic amusement. "What, I mean, of course we are Mum!"
"Don't 'of course we are mum' me young man," Lily said, trying to keep a frown on her face and failing somewhat as she looked at the two young people. "I know what hormones are like at that age dear. I lived in a boarding house for seven years after all. In fact, I had my own boyfriend when I was around 15, his name was Dexter Tomasion, and he was very nice Muggleborn Ravenclaw from Italy. But I would say I wasn't nearly as adventurous as your father was at that age…"
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