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He was right.
I have never seen a more painful sight than Padmé's face as she watched the droid army enter Theed. Her face only mirrored the thoughts and feelings we must all conceal.
Sabé is now wearing the makeup and gown of the Queen, while Padmé hides herself as one of us–her royal handmaidens, her dutiful bodyguards. None more dutiful than Sabé, who takes all the risks of being the Queen upon herself. If anyone tries to harm the Queen, it will be Sabé who will pay the price. Now Eirtaé and I must protect two people–Padmé and Sabé, the true Queen and the false one. I fear failure in this task now as much as I feared the invasion just a few hours ago.
We are now on the Royal Transport, hurtling through hyperspace toward some backwater planet called Tatooine. Yané and Saché are still on Naboo. I am so thankful that I was not left behind with those nasty Neimoidians and their horrible battle-droids.
Yep, I'd rather be where I am, on a spaceship that's falling apart, on my way to a half-civilized planet that is ruled by the Hutts.
You are perfectly justified in wondering if I'm crazy.
At least we have the Jedi with us. And two very handsome Jedi at that. Not that whether or not they're handsome has anything to do with how well they can do their job, but it's a nice diversion to have such good-looking men to look at for a change. Sometimes spending ninety percent of your time with five other women can get a teensy bit tedious.
There's a Gungan with the Jedi, too. He doesn't appear to be a particular friend of theirs–I happened to notice the young one (sigh) locking him in the droid storage area–so I wonder exactly what he's doing with them. All I picked up was something about being clumsy and banished, which seems a bit harsh to me. (Says the girl who once burned down an entire work shed by tripping over a power converter. {Long story. And I am not telling it now.} Let's just say that it's a good thing I have such a forgiving father.)
Eirtaé is calling me–she needs help getting Sabé's outfit ready, so–later!
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