[ Hot meal and a nap? Probably the two easiest things he can secure for Rey here. Sure, the hot meals are MREs, and he's not sure how she feels about what basically amounts to two mattresses and a bunch of blankets on the floor. But they're there.
Is he overthinking? A little. It would just be good to make sure Rey is comfortable. That's a real, tangible goal to focus on. And always worth pursuing.
He squeezes her hand back, gently.
(She's different. He can't explain how, in the little gestures, and he tries not to put too much into it, but it's there in the way that she looks at him, talks to him. The longer he's with her, the stranger it seems. Rey with the same face and hair and build, the same voice, but she's different.
It suddenly feels like it's been a lot longer than it has, since the last time he talked to her.) ]
I could say the same thing to you. [ And he means that. But as the housing spire starts to loom a bit closer on the horizon, Finn admits to himself that he should probably... maybe pregame Rey, too, in case things end up going sideways. A little. ]
Look, uh. I don't know if Poe's gonna be back at the apartment yet, but if he is, it might be... weird. With him. If I can't reach him before we get there.
[ Finn doesn't throw around his hopes by halves, and he's going all in on this particular belief. He'll explain. Poe will warm up, at least enough to count. Find a fresh chance to give. Kylo Ren is here, same as he was there, pulling all the same stunts, but maybe--
Maybe it won't happen that way again. He'd rather try hoping for that than thinking about how scared he is of the alternative. Because he's not sure he's got it in him to shamble through walking away a second time. ]
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Is he overthinking? A little. It would just be good to make sure Rey is comfortable. That's a real, tangible goal to focus on. And always worth pursuing.
He squeezes her hand back, gently.
(She's different. He can't explain how, in the little gestures, and he tries not to put too much into it, but it's there in the way that she looks at him, talks to him. The longer he's with her, the stranger it seems. Rey with the same face and hair and build, the same voice, but she's different.
It suddenly feels like it's been a lot longer than it has, since the last time he talked to her.) ]
I could say the same thing to you. [ And he means that. But as the housing spire starts to loom a bit closer on the horizon, Finn admits to himself that he should probably... maybe pregame Rey, too, in case things end up going sideways. A little. ]
Look, uh. I don't know if Poe's gonna be back at the apartment yet, but if he is, it might be... weird. With him. If I can't reach him before we get there.
[ Finn doesn't throw around his hopes by halves, and he's going all in on this particular belief. He'll explain. Poe will warm up, at least enough to count. Find a fresh chance to give. Kylo Ren is here, same as he was there, pulling all the same stunts, but maybe--
Maybe it won't happen that way again. He'd rather try hoping for that than thinking about how scared he is of the alternative. Because he's not sure he's got it in him to shamble through walking away a second time. ]
Just-- I might have to explain some things.