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❝ I don’t think it’s anything to be ASHAMED of, Shay. ❞

The young Gryffindor looped her arm through the arm of her best friend. Having grown up in the same town together, they’d been close since long before they got their Hogwarts letter. Nessa pursed her lips and gave Shay’s arm a reassuring squeeze.

❝ But I won’t say a word. ❞

                     Gratitude at its finest displayed on the Slytherin’s features. Nessa was right: there was nothing to be ashamed of... However, not many would have thought the same, & THAT was definitely something Shay didn’t want to undergo. The Slytherin House already had some sort of bad reputation; a Hatstall would have brought even more questions about Shay’s loyalty towards goodness. Or at least, so she thought.

     “HEY, HEY, HEY, is that anyway to treat someone who’s bringing       you some REAL nice stuff? Might just have to go somewhere else       with how RUDE you’re being.”

     EVEN LEIA could not disagree with that       statement, nor could she stifle the faint       smile that began to rise across her lips.      Age had stolen a great deal from both      of the twins, but saved was their resemblance,      if Luke looked like anything he had the      last time she’d encountered him.

❛ I’m incredibly glad to hear that. Truly, that’s a relief to hear we’re both aging the same. What’s your name?? ❜

                      ❛ I wouldn’t expect it any other way. He... He spoke                                       about you. So, I guess, I was expecting it. ❜

       The further words floated out of her,  the more Shay        believed she was tossing protocols     ❪ or whatever        worked in the Resistance ❫  away.  But, at that point,        she didn’t care: General Organa did look GENUINE        in her tone.   & that helped the young woman decide        that she could have revealed     her true name to the        other. After all, she was the twin sister of Luke.

“ HEY, you’ll get it. just remember when trying to move any object to let go of any anxieties, anything that might distract you from the present moment. ”

                     ❛ You---- you look a lot like him, General. ❜