"It's unlikely he would," Leia said. "Quite apart from simple respect to the Alderaanian people, I'm not sure those who he retrieved them from ever knew for sure who did it. Probably best for everyone not to call too much attention to the fact that it was him."
And despite the valiant efforts of linguistic scholars, Old Alderaanian would indeed soon be joining the ranks of the galaxy's dead languages. Leia herself had done what she could to help, but she was only conversational in the language, having learned enough of it for various royal ceremonies and speaking formally to certain elders who still used it as their primary language. The shift from trying to save it to trying to preserve it for future generations had been another blow among many. It was better off than High-Galactic, due to being far more recent, but soon there would be no one left who had learned it from birth.
She smiled as Ben reached out to touch the pearls. "Well, as far as I know, very few Alderaanian men wore pearl necklaces," Leia said. "Though men's jewelry could get pretty ostentatious as well." She put the pearls back in their case and picked up the broach. "My father had a cloak broach similar to this that he wore when he felt he needed to impress someone. I always thought it looked a bit gaudy myself, but it seemed to be effective."
"I hope I can help you fill in that picture," Leia said. "And that we can perhaps retrieve the artifacts you had to leave behind, assuming they wouldn't simply be destroyed with you no longer there."
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And despite the valiant efforts of linguistic scholars, Old Alderaanian would indeed soon be joining the ranks of the galaxy's dead languages. Leia herself had done what she could to help, but she was only conversational in the language, having learned enough of it for various royal ceremonies and speaking formally to certain elders who still used it as their primary language. The shift from trying to save it to trying to preserve it for future generations had been another blow among many. It was better off than High-Galactic, due to being far more recent, but soon there would be no one left who had learned it from birth.
She smiled as Ben reached out to touch the pearls. "Well, as far as I know, very few Alderaanian men wore pearl necklaces," Leia said. "Though men's jewelry could get pretty ostentatious as well." She put the pearls back in their case and picked up the broach. "My father had a cloak broach similar to this that he wore when he felt he needed to impress someone. I always thought it looked a bit gaudy myself, but it seemed to be effective."
"I hope I can help you fill in that picture," Leia said. "And that we can perhaps retrieve the artifacts you had to leave behind, assuming they wouldn't simply be destroyed with you no longer there."