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[imthepilot]

 Bodhi has the cook-top running and the kitchen full of the scent of spices before Galen gets out if the fresher.

He waves a stick of some stingy herb at Galen. "You are a terrible temptation. And a distraction." And his smiles says he loves Galen for it. 

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[galen_erso]

"I am hungry," Galen declares, wrapping his robe around himself and tying it up, as if to remove the temptation. "No flagellation right now, please."

He eyes the herb.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi laughs and makes swift work of chopping the herb and movement into a small bowl. "Dinner might happen faster if you stir while I cut."

[galen_erso]

"Just show me which implement you want stirred inside what, and at what angle and speed," Galen says, still in high spirits from their love-making and the fresher.

Why can life suddenly be so brilliant and wonderful?

[imthepilot]

"Cooking is more of an art than a science." Bodhi laughs and presents Galen with a spoon.

"That pot, firmly enough to keep anyone from sticking to the bottom but not so fast that it breaks up the vegetables."

He can't help but steal a kiss.

[galen_erso]

Galen smiles, and stirs very conscientiously and precisely. "Alas, I'm not an artist," he says, "unlike you."

[imthepilot]

"Hardly an artist." Bodhi shakes his head, cautiously blanching a small bright purple vegitabld that he's handling with some care. "Just a man who can't stomach imperial rations."

[galen_erso]

"Most just grumble," Galen says, stirring. "You do something about it."

[imthepilot]

"Ah, but I was raised by a pragmatist." He puts on a high, slightly crabby voice. "Never complain, boy. If there's something you can do about the problem, do it. If not, complaining won't help you anyway."

[galen_erso]

"Sensible lady, your grandmother," Galen says, grinning. "And you actually listened and live by her teachings. She would be proud of you."

[imthepilot]

"I try. She was an extraordinary woman. Did you know she was minor royalty from one of the inner worlds? Gave it all up and worked as a mechanic during the Clone Wars. All to make her way back to Jedha to find the daughter who'd been taken from her."

"I'd like to hope someone in my family is proud."

[galen_erso]

"Because your brothers are not?" Galen says, quietly.

[imthepilot]

"My brothers. My mother. Tellen and Firy were already adults when my grandmother came back for us. They wanted no part in her world. The girls and I... couldn't have been happier."

[galen_erso]

"They don't know you now," Galen points out.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi shrugs. "They don't see past the patches on my flightsuit." He sighs. "But I'm going to have to find a way past that. If we're going to make them trust us."

[galen_erso]

Galen stirs the pot, briefly closes his eyes and says nothing.

Then, "Family is precious, too precious to waste on politics. One should fall out only if someone turns to evil."

[imthepilot]

"In their eyes I did." He huffs. And then catches the tone in Galen's voice.

"Hey." Bodhi puts his knife down and reaches over to hold Galen's hands. "If it means we can find your daughter, I'll find a way to reconcile with my brothers."

[galen_erso]

Galen nods quietly. "She will be amazing, and you'll like her," he says. "After all, she's Lyra's daughter as well."

He follows that pronouncement with a ghostly little smile.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi rests his hands on Galen's hips, keeping him close. "If she has Lyra's strength and your compassion, she'll be a force of nature."

[galen_erso]

"She will be," Galen says, softly. "Oh, she will be."

He leans in for a brief, steadying kiss.

[imthepilot]

"Then we will meet her together. And get to know your tempest of a daughter." Bodhi promises, giving Galen a squeeze.

[galen_erso]

"We will," Galen says, leaning a little towards him.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi wraps Galen in his arms, kisses his cheek. "If you're right about the Force, I'm here because you're meant to find her again. And you know I'll do everything I can."

He leans back to look Galen in the eye. "And to that end, I have news."

[galen_erso]

"Yes?" Galen says, smiling into Bodhi's eyes.

[imthepilot]

"I was right about the ship, it's been written off for scrap. A salvage team will pick it up at some point and haul it out to a yard for recycling."

"But I've been assigned a new one. It'll be waiting for me when my medical leave ends. We'll have a ship. It's a newer model and I'll have to get use to the kinks but we'll have a ship."

[galen_erso]

"To find my daughter," Galen says softly, "and to find new hope, a life together."