"I understand. I left my family to serve on behalf of my people. I thought of them all the time" She still missed her parents and sister terribly, but her work trying to stop the war was more important.

"Padme, please." She smiled warmly. She wouldn't have let him call her Senator, either. What was the point of a title when she didn't hold the position there? "I'm sure I will in time. But for now, perhaps you can show me around the ship? It's unlike any I've been on before, so I'm a little lost."