"Thank you." She's - shaking a bit, mentally. 

"I love you, mama."

"I love you too, dear heart." Squeeze.

Hugs!

Hug!

"We'll need to be cautious, however," she says at length. "The Emperor is - very likely to retaliate, if she senses I've turned you against her."

Slow nod.

"...How good at you at lying?" she asks Dalia.

"To mot- the Emperor? Not very."

"...We can't keep you away from her forever, not without tipping her off..." She looks very unhappy and stressed. "...I'll warn my father. And - I guess, you try to delay her finding out."

"I am supposed to be being trained. So there's probably- some leeway."

"She knows I'm - angry at her, over forcing me to train you," she says, softly. "It would be normal for me to keep you from her for as long as I can."

"And... I might have a way to get all three of us off Coruscant without notice. It would delay her response to realizing any of us have gone missing."

" - It's probably best to time any disappearances while the Senate's not in session. The Alderaan contingent usually returns to Alderaan, then, and - Mama can prepare us."

"But I should go with them, then. That won't be - suspicious."

"The Emperor will be - more intensely after you. Dalia cares for you directly, and - I haven't been entirely successful in hiding my interest in you."

"My method would allow the Organas to very honestly say they have no idea where you or Dalia are, and - "

"Senator Organa and the Queen of Alderaan are harder political targets than you. They will be damaged less by questioning - and if the Emperor questions you herself, she will discover your Force sensitivity."

She makes a face.

"...And if they genuinely don't know where I am - that gives them longer to stall. And they can push back against any accusations of kidnapping with that, at least enough it'll be harder for the Emperor to peel away their allies. Because I'd be missing too, and it's really, really common knowledge Dalia and I are dating, so 'two spoiled teenagers elope' is something Mama can suggest happened, so she can create doubt in any narratives that we're traitors. And make people think it's either that, or Alderaan's had their princess kidnapped, too."

"Well thought out."

Blush. Tiny blush.

"Thanks." Then, to Dalia: "Me and you can also probably help build the narrative that 'maybe we eloped.' Go out together, act like we're sneaking away from overbearing guardians or something."

Wait Leia is Force sensitive???

"That won't be too hard."

Small smile. "I could join your training then." And she glances at Dalia's surprised face and smirks. "Oh, and, by the way - I'm Force sensitive."

"Thanks for telling me."

"It's a secret only the best Rebels have access to." Shoulder bump.

"Guess this seduction arc has a different ending."

"A better one than normal." Kiss!

Kiss!

Giggle kiss. "And by best, I mean us and my parents," she says with a little laugh. "It's very exclusive company." Another kiss. "Though your mom noticed on her own - no one else has..."

"You're very subtle."