Death Star: episode #27 Luke confides in his Uncle
Previously: Luke and I were offered Siesel cakes on the way to his landspeeder. Luke politely turned them down. Luke suspects a dust storm approaching, and he wants to take a shortcut�through Begger�s Canyon. It was tough getting through, but Luke managed on reflex.
His homestead as in view. Luke looked as little puzzled. �Looks like we�ve got company. I wonder�� Luke stops the speeder and helps me out, then turns to me. �I have to go see what�s going on and tell my uncle about you. You can come with me.� Luke heads off to talk to his uncle. I follow, unsure of what to expect. Luke stares at everyone around him, then he turns to his uncle. �What�s going on?� �Rhun, Marion, Riana, and Nicole, this is my son Luke.� This confused Luke. Who were these people? Luke says, �I need to talk to you now.� �Can�t it wait�we have family here.� Luke replies, �I don�t think it can.� Owen says, �Fine�sorry about this, but Luke needs to talk to me.� They all nod. Then Owen takes Luke into the kitchen out of hearing range. The first thing out of Luke�s� mouth is, �how come you told them I was your son.� Owen says, �Well discuss that later. Right now, I need to get back unless you have something else to say.� �I do.� Owen gives Luke his full attention and Luke continues, �first off, I need my asthma prescription refilled. I had an asthma attack and I ran out. There was hardly anything in there.� Owen looks at Luke, �Why didn�t you tell me you were running out.� �Because the last time I sued it before this, I forgot�I don�t� use it that often�� Owen says, �Are you all right now?� Luke nods, �I�m fine. The medicine barely worked though, since I barely used any�since I ran out.� Own says, �give it to me then�I�ll go have it refilled on Coruscant. You ought to pay more attention though, Luke.� Luke reaches for his inhaler and hands it to his uncle saying, �I know� Owen turns to go. Luke say, �Wait�I have one more things to say, actually a couple. The first is that when we were on Anuvuin delivering the order�� Own stopped him, �You were on Anuvuin?� Luke looks confused, �Yeah�� Owen says, �Go on�� Luke continues, �Well, the Maurders were after this girl named Lissy and I found her before they did and I kind of brought her back with me.� Owen looks at Luke, �you did what you led some stranger here? Where is she from?� �Calm down, Uncle Owen. I was about to tell you. She isn�t from here�she's from some other dimension. And she has no family here�or friends. Can she stay with us for a little while? Please.� Owen says, �I�m a little leery of a strange girl staying here. What did she do to cause the Maurders to be after her?� Luke says, �I�m not sure�she�s� not even sure, she thinks it�s because she knows about their doorway or something stupid like hat. I don�t know, but I think they were after me, too.� Owen says, �I hope not! They say you?� Luke says, �Yeah.� Owen says, �They probably were after you then.� Luke says, �Why? They�re so stupid�they go after people for trespassing on their land�that�s probably why they were after me.� Owen says, �I think you just answered your won question. You�re right Luke, that�s what they were after you for.� Owen was very relived that Luke had come up with something. Luke�s� question alone of �Why?� would have put him on the spot. And would have had to come up with something fast, not that he wasn�t used to doing that. HE just preferred not to. Then Luke says, �I came across tow droids, too. They appear to maybe have been stolen or something.� �We�ll discuss this later. Anything besides your inhaler, the girl, or the droids?� �Yeah�what about Lissy�can she sty with us?� Owen says, �Well see. Anything else?� Luke nodded�. this was the hardest one of or him to talk about, but he rushed on. �It�s about Aunt Beru.� Owen looks at Luke weirdly. �Continue.� Luke took a deep breath as he thought how to word things, �She hurts me. She abuses me.� Owen says, �That's a tough charge to make against someone, especially your aunt.� Luke says, �I known�and you don�t know how much courage this requires form me. But she does. Even ask Lissy�she witnessed it.� Owen sat back in deep thought he didn�t want to believe Luke, but he did. �How long has this been going on?� Luke says, �a long time. Almost for as long as I can remember,� Owen says, �Why didn�t you tell me sooner?� Luke says, �I don�t know�I guess I was scared of what she�d do to me if she knew you found out.� Owen looks away, and then back at Luke. �Well you should have told me earlier.�
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Death Star: episode #27 Luke confides in his Uncle