"I can't believe they put us in the same room." Mira growled, scowling at the room.

To be fair it was large, two white beds stood opposite the door, their wooden headboards against the wall with a small cupboard between them. The walls were equally white, their borders deep red and curving outwards. Along the edges of the ceiling strips of yellow lamps bathed the room in light and effectively removed all shadows.

Far to the left another door opened to the bathroom and Mira felt a strong urge to go there right away and wash off all the stares they had gotten. "I'm sure they meant no insult. It's probably just a safety measure." Atton replied as he walked into the room, he made no indication that he heard the magnetic lock of the door behind them become activated. "Besides, I'm used to cells by now."

Mira snorted as she looked at Atton diving into the leftmost bed, a content smile on his lips as he put his hands behind his head. "What? They think we'll bust out of here and start stabbing people? They don't really think this place could hold us...right?"

"Who said the safety measures is for their sake?" Atton tossed the lightsaber that so far had been latched to his belt away, letting it roll into a corner. "Geez, where's the furniture? I know we're supposed to be ascetic but this is is ridiculous..."

"Wait, you mean we're in danger?" Mira stepped away from the door, now eyeing it with some worry. "Who's foolish enough to attack a jedi?"

"Are you seriously asking that?" Atton chuckled, forcing a tight smile out of Mira, oh right... "I wouldn't worry though, there's a fine line between fear and anger, I'm pretty sure we're balancing on the right side." Atton sat up and eyed the lamps in the ceiling. "Where's the controller to these things? I hate it when they're automatic..."

"Would you focus!?" Mira stepped over to the scoundrel and kicked the foot of his bed, the innocent look he gave her only furthered her annoyance. "If there's a danger I'd like to be aware of it."

"Hey! I told you it's okay, what's with you anyway? If I remember you were pretty calm back in the old days."

Mira took a deep breath before dropping down on the opposite bed. "I don't like this...I'm...I'm uncomfortable with this, I'm out of my element if you will."

"I understand." Atton scratched his chin. "Me too...but don't make it so obvious will you? The kath hounds go for the weak first, ergo, don't show that you are weak."

"I've been through the lanes more then once you know." Mira snorted, eyeing the man as he pulled his jacked off and threw it to the floor. "Which means I know when to be on my guard...what are you doing?"

Atton was slowly and with deliberate slowness cracking is fingers one by one. When they were done he begun working his shoulders and elbows, extracting loud pops from them as he slowly went through his whole body. "What? I get a little stiff by sitting all the time while flying."

"You were sitting for a mere fifteen minutes."

"Fine, I get a little stiff from being around Mr goody two shoes. He might be infectious..."

She stifled a laugh. "You know, I don't think the senators will wish to ally themselves with a bunch of bickering jedi, so secure that mouth when they meet us...please?"

"Sure, anything for you." Atton dropped back down on his back, staring up at the ceiling. He didn't seem sarcastic for once, but who knew with him? "Now what then? The door is locked, I bet they're going to give us food later to eat here, but the idea of just waiting for that doesn't sound fun...want to play pazaak?"

"You did not bring a..." Mira groaned as Atton with a grin fished out a large deck from his back pocket. How had she not noticed that? "...you brought a deck, nice to see your priorities right."

"Don't worry, I'll let you have first pick of a deck."

"Really Atton, we should be doing something more productive than that."

"Like meditating?"

"Yes."

"You know, this flight may take a few days...." Atton smiled as Mira recoiled in horror. "...so maybe pazaak would be more fun."

"Oh!"

"You sound disappointed."

"Ge over yourself!" Mira grimaced, pulling her jacked closer to herself. Then she shrugged, glancing at the offered cards again. "But you got a point. Hey, what about combining the two?"

She grinned at Atton's confused look.

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When the door opened and captain Lennwan arrived with their food he found the two jedi sitting on the floor opposite one another. Both had discarded their jackets and looking surprisingly at ease with their legs crossed and hands in their laps. His worried creases eased a little, they really didn't seem like the scary jedi's he remembered...

"Ha! Ninety!" The woman suddenly cried out, startling the captain enough to make the food on the tray shake. Now Lennwan noticed the lines of pazaak cards placed out between them. "Top that! Oh hello captain." She turned to smile at Lennwan. "As you can see we're not causing any trouble. Are we making good time?"

"Yes, we should arrive in twenty two hours, if not less." He replied, glancing with some surprise at the card game. "I was not aware jedi concerned themselves with this sort of entertainment."

"Well we're not as entertained by own awesomeness as those old farts were..." The man muttered, drawing a disapproving wince from the woman even as Lennwan chuckled. The laugh died though as the man shot a quick glance at his hand before he, without his hands, pulled a card out of the general deck.

He had of course seen jedi in action, seen them lift entire speeders into the air, who hadn't during the civil war? But to see someone so young and so...non-jedi...casually lift the card without his hands, Lennwan could almost feel the static of the force closing around the little piece of paper.

"Hm, ninety as well." The man flashed his opponent a smile as he dropped one of the cards in his hands down next to the rest. "And...twenty. That's the fifth one in a row now isn't it?"

"You're cheating!" The young woman, no...jedi, squealed. Lennwan shook his head. He couldn't put those two together, make any sense of them. They looked like the sort of scum he had lined up for questioning back when he was a lieutenant in the security forces, had an odd air of casualness about them, yet...they were the ones almost glowing with the force.

"I'll...just leave this here then." Lennwan said as he gently placed the tray on the floor. The woman was nice enough to give him quick smile and a nod, the man however was too busy doing a little dance where he sat, uselessly taunting his friend.

The woman quickly turned back to the other even as Lennwan stepped out of the room and eagerly pressed the button to close and lock the door. "I swear I'm going to kill you!"

"You want to try again don't-" The teasing words were cut off as the door closed.

"Kids..."