Or she's always been small, but she's never felt small.
Padmé Naberrie has been driven and certain from so early that nothing and no one could stand in her way. Padmé Amidala never so young she wouldn't change all of her planet's history or refuse to let them change their rules for her. Padmé Skywalker never so obedient that she let the Jedi tell her when to stop once she'd torn away the chains from her heart.
She looked up to meet his eyes, shaking her head, "No" — then — "Please." Her voice was quiet, but there was a sharp note in the middle of that second word.
Padme's eyes are red-rimmed, still shining. Still, the rest of her face is dry if a drawn with exhaustion and weights far too heavy for sleep to even cast a whisper beside them, and she needs — if she's going to go through with this — to consider not relying on that ease of availability and kindness. Maybe ever again. Only this one. It isn't the words that need to be said, but they are just as true (maybe more so; she can't look at that, not now). "I need your help."
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Or she's always been small, but she's never felt small.
Padmé Naberrie has been driven and certain from so early that nothing and no one could stand in her way. Padmé Amidala never so young she wouldn't change all of her planet's history or refuse to let them change their rules for her. Padmé Skywalker never so obedient that she let the Jedi tell her when to stop once she'd torn away the chains from her heart.
She looked up to meet his eyes, shaking her head, "No" — then — "Please."
Her voice was quiet, but there was a sharp note in the middle of that second word.
Padme's eyes are red-rimmed, still shining. Still, the rest of her face is dry if a drawn with exhaustion and weights far too heavy for sleep to even cast a whisper beside them, and she needs — if she's going to go through with this — to consider not relying on that ease of availability and kindness. Maybe ever again. Only this one. It isn't the words that need to be said, but they are just as true (maybe more so; she can't look at that, not now). "I need your help."