Padmé would consider Bail to be one of her most trusted friends, as he had been a mentor to her in the beginning. Without him, her story may well have ended beneath the ruins of a demolitioned building, led astray by a over-ridden droid. Yet what need is there for such secrecy? To hide her apparent children and keep them apart, unaware of each other, to tell them nothing at all about each other.
Had something gone terribly wrong with the war? It wouldn't have been the first time that there had been an assassination attempt on her. Had one finally succeeded? Did it mean that her children would also be in danger? Padmé knows that even if the war ended, things would not just magically return to normal. It would take years, if not decades, or longer, to get the Republic functional again.
"Bail is one of the senators that I would trust my own life with." It may have started a little rocky, but only because Padmé had been an unknown, a queen to had come into the senate, demanded action, and then took matters into her own hands. "No. Please. Don't apologize. I always wanted a family, just like my sister, I just-well, never expect a grown son to appear out of the blue."
And not only one child, but two... Her tone is slightly wry, although her features are still soft and welcoming. There's confusion and concern, but there's little she can do about any of that right now. Yet she cannot talk her eyes off of him either, as if he may vanish if she did, as if she may unravel all the events that transpired to lead to him.
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Had something gone terribly wrong with the war? It wouldn't have been the first time that there had been an assassination attempt on her. Had one finally succeeded? Did it mean that her children would also be in danger? Padmé knows that even if the war ended, things would not just magically return to normal. It would take years, if not decades, or longer, to get the Republic functional again.
"Bail is one of the senators that I would trust my own life with." It may have started a little rocky, but only because Padmé had been an unknown, a queen to had come into the senate, demanded action, and then took matters into her own hands. "No. Please. Don't apologize. I always wanted a family, just like my sister, I just-well, never expect a grown son to appear out of the blue."
And not only one child, but two... Her tone is slightly wry, although her features are still soft and welcoming. There's confusion and concern, but there's little she can do about any of that right now. Yet she cannot talk her eyes off of him either, as if he may vanish if she did, as if she may unravel all the events that transpired to lead to him.