subject alice : madness returns // accepting : :
@fuzzbcll : :
❝ you’re not that good a liar , and i’m not that stupid ❞
time away from luke's temple was rare, and this was not how ben expected to be spending it: with his uncle staring down at him as a transport wreck burned behind him.
❝ wait, liar? me ? i'm not lying. i-i did not touch that thing. i didn't go a n y w h e r e near it. ❞ the young solo doused a smoldering ember off the toe of his boot with snow, ❝ and i definitely, definitely didn't try to fly it because i was fully aware that no one was to touch it till the service droids were done and ──── ❞
ben's eyes nearly sprung from their sockets when a fiery boom followed by an electronic scream ricocheted behind him. the screeching faded as it climbed higher and higher into the atmosphere, then got comically louder as the source of the ruckus plummetted unceremoniously into a nearby snowdrift.
the smoking scrap melted the snow, loosening its icy tomb. it rolled closer, and ben felt a twinge of guilt when he realized it was the head of a service droid.
❝ i was also fully aware that there was a witness. ❞ biting his lip, the young solo approached the poor thing. he reached down to pick it up when the head suddenly spun on him.
ben squawked as the droid beeped wildly, jostling around in anger as he tried to avoid eye contact.
❝ so, uh, what do you think my chances of survival are when han finds out? pretty good? i think they’re pretty good. ❞