[Well, she and Anakin have hardly sat down to have many heart-to-hearts and she's still learning how to focus on her Force abilities. She's not as well-trained as Luke or Anakin, and she doesn't really like the prying feeling she got when she was too close to another person.
Having Anakin up, functional and using more than a few words at a time to talk to other people-even going so far to seek her out-was more than enough for her to think he might be on his way to coming back to a normal-ish way of dealing with the rest of them.]
Something Leia was still in the process of doing without the benefit of actually dealing with her future children.]
Well, that's something. I...[She looks over at Han and tries not to think about the implications of everything.] I'll let her get to know us in increments then. It might be easier for her in the long run.
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Having Anakin up, functional and using more than a few words at a time to talk to other people-even going so far to seek her out-was more than enough for her to think he might be on his way to coming back to a normal-ish way of dealing with the rest of them.]
She doesn't remember anything then. [It was both a relief and a stab to the heart, honestly. It would give her time to get to know her mother once again, without all of the awkwardness of her own departure. However, it also meant trying to help Padmé reconcile herself to the idea of children she didn't know.
Something Leia was still in the process of doing without the benefit of actually dealing with her future children.]
Well, that's something. I...[She looks over at Han and tries not to think about the implications of everything.] I'll let her get to know us in increments then. It might be easier for her in the long run.