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Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

Skywalker here. Leave a message, and I'll get back to you.

[ Give him a moment, Lando. He needs to take a moment to blush. ]

Maybe.

Maybe? Kid you're the first Jedi in twenty years. I know that's a lot of pressure, but it's a big accomplishment, too.

Not to mention the whole Death Star thing. We're in an exclusive club, you and I.

[ Luke didn’t reply for a long moment. ]

A club responsible for the deaths of thousands.

I know. It’s war, and all that entails. It doesn’t make it any easier knowing I’m responsible for so many lives.

I know what you mean, Luke. Don't think it doesn't weigh on me at night.

But those lives made a choice to serve the Empire. They were part of a system that would have condemned and killed billions, if the Death Stars had remained operational.

[ That's all well and true for the Death Star Luke blew up. But the one Lando destroyed was still under construction. Who was to say half the lives lost weren't independent contractors trying to make a living the only way available? That thought sits heavy on Lando's conscience, but he's not about to burden Luke with the thought. ]

I know. I know. I keep telling myself that. That if I was given the choice to go back there and make things different, I wouldn't. That I would still fire that kill shot. But the thing is, part of me will always be on Yavin with all the people that died that day.

[ There's a pause, before. ]

I think I've been stuck here without something to preoccupy me for too long.