[For the first time, Leia could feel herself actually sympathizing with the man responsible for so much misery in her own life. It made her feel so very old and tired, if she was honest.

And to think all she'd wanted was to take a soak in a hot springs for once as a reward for making it through Bakura successfully.]

Somethings, you cannot prevent. And if you did, I would not be who I am now.

[Wouldn't know Han or Lando or Chewbacca or any of the many others she'd allied and fought beside in the struggle to free the galaxy of the Empire's stranglehold. And she wasn't sure how much of what happened was a result of Anakin Skywalker's fall to the Dark Side.

She almost felt like crying, but she knew she couldn't, wouldn't show weakness in front of others.]

Trust me when I say that my brother and I grew up with loving families.