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The Devil's Nest [Friday night]

It was cold, dark, and threatening to snow, which was Eric's favorite kind of weather, which was why he was in an excellent mood as he wandered down to the Devil's Nest to make sure Tiny was manning the bar to his satisfaction.

The new DJ (it was always a new DJ) looked panicked as Eric came in, stammering something about equipment malfunctions and how very sorry he was before fleeing into the night, leaving the bar listening to "If You Like Piña Coladas" --and only that song--at a volume that was just too loud to be ignorable.

"If you make piña coladas a special tonight, I will snap your neck," Eric told Tiny flatly before disappearing to his normal seat in the VIP area.

The Devil's Nest was open. And verrrrry tired of walks in the rain already.

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"Yes, but then when you're done there's still plenty of stuff to do," Jaina grinned.

"Pieces to be picked up, that sort of thing?"

Kanan smiled thoughtfully.

"Never actually pictured myself seeing the other end of this," he admitted. "I suppose that's something to plan for, just in case."

"Maybe not plan for it," she said, remembering the times she'd gotten to the end of something big and been in a totally different place than where she would have figured. "Just keep yourself open to it while you're doing what you're doing. Think about what aspects you'd like to follow through with later, what will still need work. It'll help in the long run."

"Follow-through," Kanan echoed, nodding slowly. "Put thought into places that people will be needed where I'll be able to do some good. That sort of thing."

And then survive that long!

You know, don't get blown up!

"Yes. Be the exact opposite of me," she nodded.

Easier said than done! Those fuel pods meant business.

"The opposite of you? Why, what did you do?"

And now the Padawan was curious, Master.

It actually wasn't hard for Jaina to admit being wrong after she'd been wrong.

"There would be a crisis and I'd hyperfocus because I figured I wouldn't see the end of it anyway," she said. "Then when it was over and I was still alive, I had no idea what to do with myself. I should have been much better about it."

And then she did it again.

"Sounds like an easy trap to fall into," Kanan admitted. "I used to be a bit that way. Surviving meant taking care of the immediate problems, everything else would have to wait."

"Exactly. And that's good, but later it comes back to bite you. All about balance, blah blah." She was still working on it.

"If balance was easy, everybody would do it," Kanan replied, faintly amused. "It's a work in progress."

Most of his life was.

"I'll get there."

"You will," she agreed. "Listen, I'm here till Monday, so if there's anything you want to work on while I'm here, let me know."

It would be slightly harder than anticipated!

Kanan considered that carefully for a moment.

"I suppose I should narrow it down a little more than 'everything,' huh?" He smiled wryly. "I could always stand to be pushed more with my lightsaber work, I suppose. I've found a sparring partner on the island, that's something I've been lacking for a while, but I could probably use input from somebody with a more..." Jedi. "... Experienced perspective."

"Of course. I'm hanging out with my grandfather for part of tomorrow-" Cool sentence, Jaina. "-but let me know when works."

Hey, the guy who would never know who his parents were wasn't about to judge.

"If you're busy tomorrow, then I suppose Sunday evening would work for me," he offered. "I work that day at Luke's, and like hell I'm ever letting the staff there see me ignite a blade. They'd be insufferable forever ever if they did."

"Good call. At least until you're at the point where they don't dare comment. Sunday, then," she said.

"Sunday," Kanan agreed. "There's a warehouse I use for training these days. It's, uh, the one with the lightsaber burn on the door."

"I'll look for it," she promised.

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