The Park, Friday Afternoon

[uncertain_dume]

It wasn't like Kanan was going to let something like a new batch of students stop him from showing up at the park for his weekly sword lesson with Tip.

Sure, one of those students was a Mandalorian, and sure, most of Mandalore seemed to be on the Empire's side, and sure, that had him somewhat worried, but Sabine seemed to have a pretty level head, going by the... two conversations he'd had with her so far. Hell, she'd even asked to be his TA yesterday, which was promising? Probably?

Erring on the side of caution, his lightsaber was broken down into its component pieces and was being safely stored away in various places on his belt for the time being regardless. It felt strange to be going through somewhat restrained versions of his usual forms using a bamboo sword, but if he pretended he was just trying to learn some of the Earth martial arts that he'd seen during his time here....?

This felt weird. Maybe he'd just play fetch with his dog again until someone showed up for a spar or a lesson.

[OOC: Open!]

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[thatwaslucky]

"But look at his face, Kanan."

It didn't help that there wasn't much Rey was afraid of like this, so she was stuck on the awesomeness.

[uncertain_dume]

"He does have a pretty great face, doesn't he?"

He had seen it! It was a great face! Not much like the hounds he was used to. More wolfish, even. But it was a good, happy face.

[thatwaslucky]

"And people here probably could use this kind of therapy."

And therapy in general, let's be real.

[uncertain_dume]

"Oh, around here, definitely." Kanan nodded. He couldn't deny that. "At least people around here recognize him as a dog. That doesn't hurt."

[thatwaslucky]

"If I didn't recognize him as a dog, I don't think I'd care," Rey mused.

Because look at that face!

[uncertain_dume]

What a great face!

"Fair enough," Kanan laughed, crossing his arms over his chest and watching. "If you can get him to roll over, try rubbing his belly. He loves that."

[thatwaslucky]

And Rey got straight to trying to get him to do that. "You're allowed to pet your own dog, too, you know."

[uncertain_dume]

"Oh, I know," Kanan agreed, "but I get to see him more. Far be it from me to interrupt your puppy time."

Or the puppy's Rey time.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm glad I get to die s time with him," she said, and quickly added, "And you."

Not trying to ignore Kanan in favor of the best dog or anything.

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan gave an easy laugh at that, shaking his head.

"Nah, I understand who the real draw here is," he replied. "Stance is great, I'm not jealous or anything."

[thatwaslucky]

"I feel like you must get this a lot when he's around, anyway," Rey reasoned.

Or he should. Yes, Stance was great.

[uncertain_dume]

"Oh yeah," Kanan laughed. "I'm used to it."

God, Stance. Upstaging your person like that.