[ Honestly, yeah, even Finn feels something settle with the assurance, the ease with which she delivers it. No hesitation. Like it's the easiest question in the world. He tends to lean towards skepticism, but not much holds a candle to his trust in the things Rey is certain about.
Or, well, his trust in Rey and that's about it. But it's a starting point. He can always touch base on believing in Rey. ]
Okay.
[ And he doesn't have to like it. He doesn't feel like he's obligated to pretend that he does. He was very up-front about the only olive branch he has to offer in regards to Kylo Ren himself before the conversation even got around to the Feelings Part. Rey didn't jump into some my way or no way, all or nothing extreme about that. She didn't say there's only one way this works. She just-- put the truth out there and told him he has room to make his own choice about how he handles it.
Historically, that's better than most of Finn's life experiences. When he thinks on it, he finds the idea of taking her middle ground and pulling out the sort of ultimatums he's tired of to be, to say the least, pretty unappealing. Exactly where that leaves him, he has no idea. Except for a short and reluctant admittance to himself that maybe.... somehow......... this will not be the end of the world? His One Fear levels go from crisis mode to his default keyed-up levels.
He actually will have to think about this more over time, won't he. There's no handy way to avoid thinking about it forever when they're all lumped into close quarters in a sex study facility together.
Also Rey is wise and powerful please don't joke about Kylo's dick he's not ready. ]
Okay. As long as you're okay, I can... I mean, I still don't know what I'm doing. [ He's not afraid to admit that to Rey. Or to Poe. Between the three of them, there's sort of a comfort in knowing none of them know what they're doing at all right now. ] But I believe you. So I'll figure it out.
[ Still pretty firmly in the anti Kylo Ren as a person camp, yes. But he does spare a thought to acknowledge that if she'd sat him down and said I have feelings for General Hux, he would have actually legitimately walked away on the spot. Probably forever.
So there are much worse things than this, and much, much worse things than Rey believing in Kylo Ren's ability to not want to hunt down and gruesomely murder all 15 people left in the Resistance. Like, objectively. There has to be a coping mechanism designed for these situations that he can learn. ]
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Or, well, his trust in Rey and that's about it. But it's a starting point. He can always touch base on believing in Rey. ]
Okay.
[ And he doesn't have to like it. He doesn't feel like he's obligated to pretend that he does. He was very up-front about the only olive branch he has to offer in regards to Kylo Ren himself before the conversation even got around to the Feelings Part. Rey didn't jump into some my way or no way, all or nothing extreme about that. She didn't say there's only one way this works. She just-- put the truth out there and told him he has room to make his own choice about how he handles it.
Historically, that's better than most of Finn's life experiences. When he thinks on it, he finds the idea of taking her middle ground and pulling out the sort of ultimatums he's tired of to be, to say the least, pretty unappealing. Exactly where that leaves him, he has no idea. Except for a short and reluctant admittance to himself that maybe.... somehow......... this will not be the end of the world? His One Fear levels go from crisis mode to his default keyed-up levels.
He actually will have to think about this more over time, won't he. There's no handy way to avoid thinking about it forever when they're all lumped into close quarters in a sex study facility together.
Also Rey is wise and powerful please don't joke about Kylo's dick he's not ready. ]
Okay. As long as you're okay, I can... I mean, I still don't know what I'm doing. [ He's not afraid to admit that to Rey. Or to Poe. Between the three of them, there's sort of a comfort in knowing none of them know what they're doing at all right now. ] But I believe you. So I'll figure it out.
[ Still pretty firmly in the anti Kylo Ren as a person camp, yes. But he does spare a thought to acknowledge that if she'd sat him down and said I have feelings for General Hux, he would have actually legitimately walked away on the spot. Probably forever.
So there are much worse things than this, and much, much worse things than Rey believing in Kylo Ren's ability to not want to hunt down and gruesomely murder all 15 people left in the Resistance. Like, objectively. There has to be a coping mechanism designed for these situations that he can learn. ]