Luke smirked. If Rogue Squadron had been good for anything it had made him appreciate the little things, like running water, good alcohol, and bad jokes. He felt he had to spread the wisdom, it might be the one path to enlightenment that everyone could agree on.
(...)
Fifteen minutes later, dressed in the finest intentionally dated fashion and with an almost anachronistically advanced computer spike concealed against his forearm he returned to find Mara finishing her makeup. “I see why you’re not holding the spike.”
“If I had to I could, my dress has room for it.”
“It barely has room for you.”
She looked over, put down the brush, and a knife seemed to appear in her hand before vanishing once again. “I’m sorry, I didn’t hear the compliment.”
“You look lovely.”
-- Puzzle's An Early Return Ch. XIV
(Luke and Mara Jade got tossed back in time by a hyperspace accident, now they're raising some operating capital)
(...)
Fifteen minutes later, dressed in the finest intentionally dated fashion and with an almost anachronistically advanced computer spike concealed against his forearm he returned to find Mara finishing her makeup. “I see why you’re not holding the spike.”
“If I had to I could, my dress has room for it.”
“It barely has room for you.”
She looked over, put down the brush, and a knife seemed to appear in her hand before vanishing once again. “I’m sorry, I didn’t hear the compliment.”
“You look lovely.”
-- Puzzle's An Early Return Ch. XIV
(Luke and Mara Jade got tossed back in time by a hyperspace accident, now they're raising some operating capital)
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noli esse culus
noli esse culus