Second Quartet:
Challenging
a. first question
"How is life aboard Vader's flagship treating you so far, Lieutenant?" she asked conversationally, though her sharp eyes boring holes into his to gauge his reaction and his answer are far from casually conversational.
"Uh, Vader's ship, my Lady? I thought he was, uh, you know. Dead... ma'am," Lieutenant Solo answered, mystified and caugh off-guard by the abrupt question.
"Oh, yes. He is, isn't he. It's hard to remember that when nothing's changed."
"...ma'am?"