Kailen (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=677250)<br/><br/>Kailen laughs easily in response to Nory's continuation of the joke.  "If I can find my way out again."  He adds, returning her grin with one of his own, her humor having a multiplicative affect on his own.  He follows her into the room.  As she points out each of the features, Kailen, with his usual nearly boundless energy, goes to investigate them, moving with athletic grace.  His eyes widen ever so slightly as he pulls the doors open, his gaze sweeping across the facilities, or at the impressively large bed.  Shaking his head, he returns to the main room, with Nory.  "I've shared one this big, with Master Eomen.  On Alderaan."  His eyes go briefly distant in reminiscence.  "Well, almost as big, anyway.  And not so, so..."  He waves his hand, unable to articulate the thought.<br/><br/>As Nory settles herself on the couch, Kailen moves to join her.  He doesn't quite flop; Jedi don't really flop, after all.  But he settles himself with somewhat more energy than Nory did, companionably close.  As is, Kailen thinks to himself, appropriate for close companions, such as the two of them.  "Of course."  He responds politely to her thanks.  In truth, he'd scarcely given it a thought.  "Mmm, I do remember that."  He says, his voice deep and a touch soft, as it often was.  For a few moments, there is silence.<br/><br/>Nory's next words sound very famliar to Kailen; an echo of what he had just been thinking.  The two of them were,it sometimes seemed, as alike as two completely different people could be.  He sighs.  "I know what you mean.  Everything's changed.  But..."  He frowns, considering.  "It's not that<em>we've</em>changed, really.  Instead, it's more like everything's changed around us.  We're still Jedi; that's in here-"  He taps his muscled chest, over his heart.  "-but we're not part of the order anymore."  "Mas... Merryn is Merryn now."  As always, the signs of his well-repressed crush are nearly invisible.  Nearly.  "And we're part of something else.  So even if we're the same, people are going to see us differently, for better or worse."  The corner of his lips turn up into a crooked smile.  "Well, if nothing else, it's a good reminder that doing the right thing and doing the easy thing are often different.  As though we needed a reminder."<br/><br/>Turning slightly to face Nory, Kailen leans forward ever so slightly, his smile growing.  "I'm sure we'll find our new equilibrium.  I'll help you if you help me, eh?"