So You Have Your Own Planet Now...

[kalligs_heir]

((Rather than repeating a bunch of stuff done with male version, ta-dah, on to something new!))

It took a few weeks, but Annabella's fairly certain that she's stamped out the previous group of the ruling elite. She'll keep watch for any who have gone to ground and are plotting a way to claw back power, of course, but it's nothing she can't handle and isn't prepared for. Particularly against this class of opponents. While trained in the Dark Side, these people weren't remotely close to being a match for Sith. Granted, it helped that she took them by surprise, enabling her to take out a large amount in one go, but still.

After indications from the people who now work for her that their end of things on the holo-terminal were secure and ready to go, she straightens and composes a fairly neutral look on her face instead of the expression trying to break loose from imagining the look on Anakin's once what she's had to say has had time to sink in. A nod to the technicians later, and they're on and just waiting for things on Anakin's end to be made secure.

"Sorry about missing our last scheduled meeting," she starts off with before Anakin can even get a single word out. "I've been unexpectedly busy. Taking possession of a planet will do that."

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[turnedforher]

Annabelle's silence had been vexing on a number of levels. One, he was worried about his wife and counting on her to help him ensure that. More so with Palpatine exposed as a clear threat and the waning days of her pregnancy had him on a brittle edge. The Jedi Council's pressure to expose Palpatine - something he could easily do but didn't trust them to handle was at best causing more friction between him and those who should be his equals, not to mention distance - a large, uncomfortable one - between him and Obi-Wan. Palpatine was also being 'strange' to him, not knowing that Anakin knew he was the Sith that had been attacking but Anakin knowing. It was all a very tiring dance, combined with still being a general who had to lead his troops. And, really, he'd come to care about her, and worried when she was silent. It was an odd feeling, almost traitorous, because he shouldn't be feeling anything but suspicion and mistrust for a Sith. And yet, he DID trust her, did consider her something of a friend, and was feeling more than a little guilty over his threats in the beginning. It all left him uncomfortable.

So the holonet call was something he'd been waiting on, and being overwhelmed with emotion he was often ill-equipped to handle had him ready to snap - something she'd cut off. But her schooled neutral face is also uncomfortable,too close to those worn by most members of the Jedi Council. "That isn't really an excuse for the coms sil-" His words where out, almost barked in full General Skywalker voice, before her sentence full filtered through his agitation and disgruntlement, smacking him mentally into silence as his face ran through various thoughts - confusion, surprise, why am I surprised?, did I even hear that right, is she being serious, all emotions and thoughts almost hitting at once they came so fast, leaving him taken aback.

"You did what now?"