NABERRIE

       attempt  is  made  to  keep   ILL   TEMPERAMENT   in  the  shadows;   if  only  for  the  sake  of  her  beloved  mother.  as  for  her  sith  of  a  father  ?  well,  the  princess  could  not  care  less.  sparing  the   DISTANT   MEMORY   of  her  father  was  not  a  practice  that  she  prioritized.  frankly,  padmé  spoke  of   ANAKIN   in  a  way  that  served  to  prove  there  was  still  love  on  her  side,  and  such  a  fact  saddened  the  alderaanian.  it  saddened  her  immensely  for   DARTH   VADER   had  made  his  stance  crystal  clear;   there  was  no  love  left  in  him.   NO   LIGHT   LEFT.   all  he  desired  was  power;  the  man  whose  blood  she  shared  did    not    care  for  them.  all  he  craved  was  to  have  the  galaxy  in  his  grip.  there  is  an  exhale  .  .  shoulders  coming  to  slump  ever  so  slightly.  leia  feels  deflated,  and  while  there  was  always   FIGHT   in  her,  she  could  not  carry  on  with  her  ways  when  she  looked  into  her  mother’s  eyes.  she  could  not   TORMENT   HER   further  with  cruel,  ill  words  towards  the  one  that  had  once  been  anakin  skywalker   (   even  while  well  deserved  ).        for  the  time  being  she  would  come  to  rest  on  the  matter  for   VADER   had  taken   life   from  all  those  that  he  had  once  loved,  and  leia  organa  was  not  about  to  take  the   HOPE.  she  was  not  of  his  caliber,  the  princess  desired  to     never     be  even  a  shadow  of  him.

       for  her  mother  she  would  endure,  and   SWALLOW   HATE.        ❛   I   BELIEVE   IT   for  i  know  you,  mother,  and  i  know  you  only  give  your  love  to  those  that  are   DESERVING   of  it.                                                                                                                                                                              ——–     i  believe  it.    ❜

  she would never hold her children’s opinions of their father against them.  they were correct, in a sense.  her anakin had become something beyond him, something dark  &  cruel.   (  although, she notes that leia’s sentiment towards her father differentiates from luke’s --- he sensed the goodness in him, however much left there might be.  padmé knows it to be there as well.  )    but to hear those words    “ i believe it ”    sends a wave through her being.