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Dear Tam,
Today I had a long talk with my Pay-pa, and only a part of it was about how I 'needed to be careful when using the Force' (I told him I had been careful, and that nasty old Bennu has landed exactly where I had intended!) He tried to be all stern (but I could tell that he just wanted to laugh) and just said not to do it again.
Then he gave me some some really exciting news! I get to go with him and a couple other Masters and students (sadly not Luda, she's not ready for it yet even though she's almost caught up with us!) on a real Jedi mission!
I asked Pay-pa if it would be like when we went to that planet where they had offered him three 'wives' as a gift (Ma-mere was standing right next to him at the time, and her baby belly with Ben was already showing! She sure wasn't very happy about that as you can guess!) He said 'No' and that it would probably just be just boring negotiating and stuff, but that it was important to us to learn how to 'listen' as well.
The 'Team' will consist of Pay-pa (of course) and me, Nico and Master Lihue, and T'Both with Master Fin (Luda will stay with Gra-mere and Auntie Leibé – Auntie Leibé laughs and says that her and Gra-mere's place has become a camp for children but they love it!) and we are getting real lightsabers to take with us!
Bennu has 'taken up' with Nomie. Nassa says – and he's just nosey about everyone – says both of them are talking about leaving the Temple and going back to his farm on Naboo (that is when they don't have their tongues down each other's throats!)
Master Vissen says that the 'Jedi Life isn't for everyone' (so many of my old friends have left the Jedi Lessons and even though I see them in regular Lessons, it's not the same.) but it seems there are always new people coming in. Some of them are very far advanced (like me!) and some of them can barely lift a rock! Master Vissen also says that it's up to us older students (or in like my case, more advanced) to help 'lead by example' and to help show the rest of the Galaxy that we Jedi were something to strive to be like'.
I went to go find Luda, but she was out with Nico! She had left a message asking me to meet up with 'them' later, but I think they need some time to be alone together. I hope they are going to make up (if they haven't already) because it's so hard to see them both so sad.
As you can guess, I don't have a boyfriend right now, but I'm actually finding that most boys 'my age' aren't too interesting, and the older boys are all chasing after the older girls. There's a holo band I really like called 'The Screaming Mynocks' but I can't have the music too loud at home because it gives Ma-mere a headache (Uncle Han says they 'sound like a bunch of wookiee with their paws stuck in a Hyper-drive' but he listens to old musty music, so what does he know?) but I like them, and the lead singer is pretty cute even though he's really old – nearly thirty nine standard years! (Older than even my Pay-pa I think!)
I think Ben is pulling stuff down off the shelf again so I'd better go help my Ma-mere!
Love,
Pem
