"I'm glad I can be here for you," Amilyn says. She can't quite say I'm glad you're here too, because so much is riding on Leia's fate back home ... but quietly, selfishly, she is very glad to have one of her oldest friends by her side again.

"Hey." A little smile, a glimmer of her youthful mischief. "Let's go get something to drink. And eat. If you're up for it, that is."