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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:03 PM | Message # 76 |
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| Ana put the cake away, wrapping it carefully to keep it fresh. She glanced at him thoughtfully and then sighed. "Why don't I get you another glass of wine and we can go to our room and relax a while?" Ana was tired, but she did have some things she wanted to ask him about, but in their private rooms would be a better place to do so.
"I can meet you up there?"
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:07 PM | Message # 77 |
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| "Of course, love. I can help you, if you like?" Stark moved to pour another glass of wine; only his second of the long evening and started towards the stairs, awaiting her response. He wasn't about to let his pregnant future wife do all the work, after all. That would have just been terribly, terribly rude and ungentlemanly of him. However, if she were insistent on finish up alone, he would continue on and await her in their room.
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:13 PM | Message # 78 |
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| She would finish just as he poured his wine and started walking. Ana got herself a sparkling water and followed him upstairs. "Alyn...." she started, hesitantly. Was this a good idea? Maybe not, but in her mind it was important. "Tell me about your father. Please?" she would pause and then explain why she wanted to know.
"When your physician came the other day, he asked about family history so he would know what to look for and if he needed to do extra tests to make sure our baby was ok....and I couldn't tell him anything. At all."
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:18 PM | Message # 79 |
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| Stark had a feeling this sort of thing was coming and he decided to accept it. "Well, as far as I know, his DNA is quite healthy as I am quite healthy. I'm afraid I can't tell you if he had any genetic defects as I don't actually know the man, more or less." That was something of a lie there. "However, I suppose I should ask you, what is it you want to know about him?" Stark didn't quite think she'd appreciate the fact that he had indeed had some contact with his father in recent times.
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:24 PM | Message # 80 |
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| She frowned a little and nodded that she understood. "Is he still alive...do you know where he is?" Ana asked before she took a seat and pulled her shoes off because her feet ached. "This is really none of my business, I suppose. It would just be nice to know....you know...."
"And....well....family is important."
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:29 PM | Message # 81 |
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| Stark sighed briefly and nodded his head. "My father is still alive. I do not know where he is, though. He was something of a criminal back when he knew my mother; the orchestrator of the Stark Hyperspace War. His name is Iaco Stark and although he is is my father, he was never a father as such. More of a donor of genetic information. That is why I do not often speak of him and when I do, it is with little respect."
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Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:42 PM | Message # 82 |
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| Ana rubbed her ankle absently and nodded. "I suppose the physician will just have to live with the fact that neither of us knows or wants to know our parents and he will just have to do all the testing and....deal with it." She smiled and curled her legs up under her before she smoothed the skirting of her blue linen dress.
"So what is it that you think you need to teach me, Alyn? I thought this place was impenetrable? And you know if I leave, someone will be with me."
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:45 PM | Message # 83 |
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| He was more than a little glad she let the subject go; despite some of his professions, he really and truly did not enjoy lying to her in the slightest. Fortunately, there were some things she didn't know about yet so he didn't actually have to consider lying to her about them or not. "I have a few meager skills with a blade and some hand to hand defense maneuvers. And while I say this place is impenetrable, it has not always been so. Were enough numbers to come, or a well-trained team, it's possible they could breach and get around or through my guards. In that event, I'd want you to be able to defend yourself well enough to escape.
"Even if a guard is with you, that is no reason to lack knowledge of defense, my love. Guards can be overcome, even the best ones."
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Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 3:56 PM | Message # 84 |
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| The way he spoke sometimes, especially about her safety and his concern about it, made her wonder. Yes, he was a politician. Yes, he held a position of power on Lorrd. He owned several companies, but also several charities. What was it that made him worry so much about her safety from an attack?
"Alyn....why are you so concerned about it? I told you I would let Irlilia teach me....what is going on that makes you worry that something is going to happen? What are you not telling me?"
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:00 PM | Message # 85 |
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| "Largely my love, the concern emanates from what House Garth may or may not attempt. Likely, it is only my overprotective side coming out, but I'd rather be prepared and have you be prepared if the need should ever arise. Naturally, I don't expect it to, but better to be safe than sorry. Besides, being the wife of a prominent businessman and current representative of Lorrd means someone may try to kidnap you.
"What Irlilia did not tell you was that the attacker who made an attempt on me was trying to find you, though I could not discern why." He breathed a mental sigh of relief; that bullet had been narrowly dodged.
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Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:02 PM | Message # 86 |
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| She was about to respond about how he was worrying himself over nothing, but then he mentioned the attempt on his life.
"What? Why would anyone come after me? Who was it?"
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:07 PM | Message # 87 |
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| "I can't say as I know. She had stated she was from Naboo and that she wished to use you to get to me. I could not think of any specific culprits, but it's part of the reason I want to make sure for starters you can work a blaster well enough to fend off an opponent. Had it been you who was there instead of I, she might well have kidnapped you. It was a case when even one of my Shadowguard were brought down. Larna has been embarrassed for quite some time about it."
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:24 PM | Message # 88 |
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| Ana sighed deeply. "Where is the person now?" She asked as she rubbed her ankle some more. "I want to talk to him." Despite her swollen, aching feet and legs, she got to her feet. It was pretty obvious that she wasn't afraid, and didn't care it was the middle of the night either.
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:27 PM | Message # 89 |
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| "It wasn't actually a 'him,'" Stark said carefully. "And this particular person is no longer in any place or condition to actually talk to anyone any more." This was more or less true; Cassia was no longer on Lorrd and was presently drugged in Citadel's custody, awaiting better use as a future experiment for certain plans Citadel was delving into. Besides, the odds of her speaking to Ana were slim and far between, and she was more likely to say something Stark didn't quite want Ana to know yet.
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Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
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Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012, 4:40 PM | Message # 90 |
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| "....Her?" Ana said as she dropped back down onto the edge of the bed. "Alyn....where is she?" she asked, uncaring how delicately he was tiptoeing around this subject. "If someone was coming for you, don't you think I should be able to know who it is and why?" Ana opened her bottle of water and took a sip from it, suddenly quite queasy from the thought of it all.
"Did she have a name, at least?"
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