Anakin returned Padmé’s embrace with as much passion as he dared. She was hugging him, but that didn’t mean they were alone. Perhaps one her handmaidens or political aides were deeper in the apartment. But he was heartened by Padmé’s response to him, it set him at ease.
“I’m fine- I will be.” He put on a brave face, but the fingers of his mechanical arm twitched. He was utterly frustrated with his new arm. A fine work of craftsmanship, to be sure, a marvel of modern bio-engineering. But it wasn’t his real arm, and in that moment, holding Padmé in his arms, he couldn’t have been more keenly aware of its robotic state. He remembered tracing his fingers down the soft skin of her arm not more than two weeks ago, he had felt her in the Force with that very touch as well, coursing through the connection of skin on skin contact. Now, it was all a different sensation, and, he realized, touching her would never be the same again with that arm.
He tried to not let it show, they still had each other. That’s what mattered.
“How are you?” She’d received her own injuries from Geonosis, the claw marks from the nexu, falling from the transport. She looked healthy in front of him – she must have received treatment while he was out. But he was still concerned.
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“I’m fine- I will be.” He put on a brave face, but the fingers of his mechanical arm twitched. He was utterly frustrated with his new arm. A fine work of craftsmanship, to be sure, a marvel of modern bio-engineering. But it wasn’t his real arm, and in that moment, holding Padmé in his arms, he couldn’t have been more keenly aware of its robotic state. He remembered tracing his fingers down the soft skin of her arm not more than two weeks ago, he had felt her in the Force with that very touch as well, coursing through the connection of skin on skin contact. Now, it was all a different sensation, and, he realized, touching her would never be the same again with that arm.
He tried to not let it show, they still had each other. That’s what mattered.
“How are you?” She’d received her own injuries from Geonosis, the claw marks from the nexu, falling from the transport. She looked healthy in front of him – she must have received treatment while he was out. But he was still concerned.