#consequences are gonna sting Sith Lord

[musewrangler]

The speeder pulled up to park beside the big old garage and Dad stepped out.

“Hi!” Luke yelled down.

As usual, he couldn’t startle Dad, who angled a knowing look up into the tree with a grin.

“Hello, Luke. You got higher today I see.”

“Yep!”

“You going to stay up there or do I get a hug?”

Luke decided to show Dad just how fast he could come down and flung himself from branch to branch.

He could sense that Dad was impressed if a little nervous about how reckless he was being.

At the last one though, his fingers slipped and he fell.

Instinctively, he put out both hands to break the plunge…

A breath.

The world was quiet but Luke could hear the bugs going about their business in the dirt. The creek behind the house was suddenly highlighted in his ears. The sound of a Thune chewing its cud was almost deafening.

He opened first one screwed shut eye and then the other.

Between his outstretched hands he could see the dirt patch at the base of the tree where he and Leia always started for their climbs.

But it was a good eight feet below him.

“Luke….” Dad said a little unsteadily. “How are you doing that?”

He was floating in mid air. He could sense Leia’s awe and Mom’s shock.