(prequel) SW 3-sentence fic & SW thought

[archersangel]

A lot of their time was spent waiting; waiting for guests to arrive at parties or waiting for the queen while she was in meetings.

So to pass the time they gambled; games of Sabacc or dice, they even bet on what kind of tasteless joke an ambassador would make or when someone's courtier would make a pass at them.

The queen knew about this & said nothing, she figured it was better than the scheming & plotting that handmaidens had done in the past.

and the thought:
in a new hope, when luke come to rescue leia & she gives him that line about being short for a storm-trooper, i never realized how major that is. here is a woman who has seen her home planet destroyed, been tortured (probably physically & mentally) for who knows how long & still she's sassing the grunt who, for whatever reason, has come to her cell.
my brother says it's her way of still being defiant.