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[hisfathersimage]

[Luke looks a little annoyed at something off screen before looking up to the camera.]

Prosthetic limbs. I'm sure I've seen an arm, and I know we've got some cybernetic residents. Do we have something set up for those of us with them, like, repairs, maintenance, charging if need be? Mine was damaged before I got here and I didn't get a chance to get the synth skin repaired, which is just vaguely awkward, because it means crap can get in and it's harder to clean out.

[He huffs and blows his fringe from his eyes.]

Yeah. Just looking for connect with the others who have a similar situation. Talk solutions.

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[hadthehighground]

I’m not an expert but there were times I had to help your father with his arm.

[hisfathersimage]

[ There's a pause. ]

Oh.

I didn't know that.

[ He doesn't clarify what he didn't know. ]

I can keep it working mechanically. Probably. But I haven't had it that long and adjusting is weird? And like, normal skin will heal after an injury, you just keep it covered until it gets there. Synthskin isn't like that. Every bit of damage is for good.

[hadthehighground]

Anakin didn’t have synthskin so unfortunately I don’t know anything about that. But if you need an extra set of hands, for repair or maintenance, that I can offer.

[foundlingfather]

[The whole Billy city thing was pretty messed up, and left him with even weirder memories. But at least they're coming in handy here.]

Don't know him well. But maybe talk to Tony Stark. Runs the Forge in town I think. He's into robotics and stuff.

[lionunchained]

[Oh well, this is very appropriate for him]

I feel your pain.

[And he hold up his hand to show that his right arm was basically a disembodied metal arm which only went to about where his elbow would be]

I don't know of anything official that has been set up. Might be sometime we should work on since it seems to be a fairly common predicament. I'll tell you though, getting the glitter out of it when we had a random glitter storm once was a pain.

If you'll pardon the bad pun, I can give you a hand.

[hisfathersimage]

He was like, eighty five percent cybernetics when I knew him, so I didn't realise the arm had come before.

The main damage is the synthskin. The hand plate is dented, but it's superficial.

[hisfathersimage]

Tony Stark. Okay. I can try and chase him down. Robotics covers the same sort of thing.

[hisfathersimage]

That... seems really impractical.

[ Thank you for that observation, Luke. ]

Not having an upper arm. Is there a repulsor field of some kind there? Something to stop people waving a stick through it? How do you should check someone without that?

[ Yes, the original question is completely forgotten in the face of Shiro's prosthetic. ]

Your unit looks mostly enclosed, though.

[lionunchained]

[He chuckled a bit at that. He'd had plenty of time here to consider the practicality of his arm... especially when trying to keep it covered]

Yeah, I think it was the best that they were able to muster. I used to have more of my arm, but... long story short, they had to cut off what was left almost to the shoulder to stop this body from trying to kill my friend.

[Yeah that didn't answer much. It was short, but way too many possible questions]

It doesn't. I mean, I can wave my hand through it. There's a powerful crystal with what some might call magic abilities powering it. So it functions as though I have an upper arm even though I don't.

[It's okay. His is a bit strange]

For the most part, but it gets into all of the gaps.

[hisfathersimage]

[ You know what? Luke's encountered stranger. He can live with that explanation. ]

That's still weird. Sorry, but it is.

And I can't imagine. I don't even know what a glitter storm is aside from the obvious and I'm having trouble imagining it. I do know that I'd be finding glitter bits in my hand for the next ten years.

[lionunchained]

No apology needed. I know it's weird.

[And that wasn't even the half of it]

It was basically raining glitter for several days. Just... falling from the sky. Everywhere. [Practically a horror story for anything with lots of moving parts] Yeah, I felt like that with mine. Or I wouldn't know it was there and then suddenly more glitter to clean up.

[hadthehighground]

[85%… Obi-Wan has to stop and take that in. It was a horrific thought. And even his ways of coping, of telling himself that Vader wasn’t Anakin, didn’t even work to curb the feelings that washed over him.

He did that to him.]

I… I see.

Then I can’t help you there. You know where to find me if that changes.

[Excuse him as he says that a bit too quickly and then ends it there.]

[foundlingfather]

Hang on, I can find the address of where he works. [There's a few moments if checking the map, before he'll send the address Luke's way.]

Wish I could offer to help. But more used to working on ships. Never worked on droids and such. [Because of personal reasons.]

[hisfathersimage]

[ Well... that feels like a gut punch in his feels. ]

Obi-Wan, wai-

[ Dammit, Skywalker. This is why Han says you're like a wrecking ball. He spends a few moments quietly freaking out that he might've just damaged Obi-Wan. And then he goes to try and find Ezra to try and work out just how badly he's put his foot in it. If he runs into Obi-Wan first... he'll burn that bridge when he gets to it.]

[hisfathersimage]

That sounds horrifying. How long ago was it?

[hisfathersimage]

Thanks. I'm sure this will help.

I'm usually great with anything mechanical but here... messes with my head or something. And I'm trying to be a bit more cautious since it's my dominant hand and I really don't want to have to learn to fight left handed.

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[ezra_of_lothal]

[to here]

Well, he'd seen that coming. And for a moment, he's upset, even fierce in his protective anger, because Luke should have known not to be that blunt and clinical about Anakin too-

Except, of course, that Ezra himself hadn't told Luke exactly what happened at Mustafar, and if Obi-wan and Luke still haven't talked about it...

Ok. Ezra takes a steady breath, to start to calm down. Another. Then another.

Emotion, yet peace.

His voice is carefully soft when Luke comes near. "How can I help?" Because right this second, he can't really guess, but somehow he doubts the answer is 'blurting out upsetting truths'. He's done enough of that, himself.

[hadthehighground]

[But he doesn’t wait. He’s gone. Making a fool of himself on the network where everyone can see it is not his idea of a good time, and that’s exactly what would happen if he hadn’t cut it short.

There’s a pulse of distress rippling through the Force that likely any of the Jedi would pick up on. Especially the stronger the bond one had with him. That is until he squelched it. Not wanting to upset the babies or anyone else. Throwing up barriers around himself as he retreats to his favored spot in the temple, the spire.]

suddenly, a text

[in_extremis]

And here I thought setting something like that up would be too self-indulgent.

I might know a thing or two about getting under your skin.

[lionunchained]

Several months... maybe close to half a year. It wasn't too long after I arrived here.

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[sinistral]

Self maintenance. And being somewhat cautious.

[The cautious part is a total lie.]

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[hisfathersimage]

Do you find self maintenance hard? Can I ask what you have replaced? Does it have synthskin?

[hisfathersimage]

Was that caused by these planetary storm weird things? The stuff the Agrii want us to fix?

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[hisfathersimage]

As much as I appreciate flirting, I like to know who I'm flirting with. I have bad precedent for blind flirting.

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[sinistral]

Not for the extent I've needed. More complicated repairs would require assistance. It is my left arm, from the shoulder down. There is no skin covering the plates.