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By the time we entered the outskirts of Theed, my thoughts had returned to my ideas about Nubé. Hearing Verana and others speak Nubé again, and hearing the accent that isn't an accent in my village because everyone speaks the same way inspired me to really get involved.
Then I got distracted thinking about baby names. It should really be a Nubé name, I decided that right away. But what to choose? Brié...Auroré...Angelé...Renaté...Miané...Marié...Melné...Cindé...Imzadé...Saré...Jaé...Arielé I could even name her Padmé after the Queen. Or Risellé after Mom.
And what if it's a boy? My mom could be wrong. I need to have a boy's name picked out just in case. That's even harder to choose. Jaré...Roké...Phané...Luké...Maren after Father...Too bad "Qui-Gon" can't be Nubé-ized (Quié? Goné? I don't think so.), or I'd gladly name the kid after him. I could go with Anaké after Anakin...
This is going to be one tough decision.
I finally gave it up and started thinking about the Nubé project again. I have to get in touch with that Minister I met last night and there will probably be a whole committee or team or whatever to work with, people who actually know what they're doing.
None of them, though, will have the connection I do. Not that I'm planning on exploiting my relationship with Padmé–as my father said, that would be wrong. But I know Padmé will play along and let everybody think that's what I'm doing. She cares about Naboo even more than I do, if that's possible, and I know she wants to see Nubé preserved, too.
Well, I'm falling asleep even as I think all this out. I've had to shut myself into Padmé's wardrobe so I don't keep everyone up. It will probably cause some questions if I'm still in here in the morning, though, so I better get to bed before I fall asleep in the midst of Padmé's formal gowns.
My family's safe, Naboo is free, I have a new purpose in life (sort of).
I should sleep well tonight.
And if I don't, I can go back to thinking of baby names.
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The End
Author's Note: The baby names that Rabé comes up with in this last part are actually plays on the names of my readers over at the JC Fanfiction Forum where I first posted this. Click here to go there.
Diary 4, Following Protocol--Eirtaé's Diary,should be up soon!
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