Well that makes two of us. Because I don't know what I'm doing either.
[ Her smile quirks at that, halfway to a laugh. It's comforting to her too. This is the one thing that makes sense — the two of them winging it as they go along. Making it up and hoping they strike hyperfuel somehow. She keeps hold of his hand and reaches her other palm over to rest atop his forearm, a sort of pseudo-embrace that is designed to further affirm that her choice is well-considered.
Ben thought she had it more together than he did somehow, that this came more naturally to her. And it does, in a way. She has never cut herself off from her compassion and empathy like he had. In many ways he is learning how to re-access those parts of himself through her. But she still feels cluelessly inexperienced with caring about people in that way, with being close to them.
It's a difficult thing to do. And already, she can feel that he's right — it's going to be more complicated for being here. She hasn't even confronted the 'what is gonna happen when Kylo Ren puts his dick somewhere else' question yet.
She finally settles into something resembling peace, even though he's still conflicted and confused. It's out there. They're working on it. It's going to be alright. Her expression softens, warms up, and — ]
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[ Her smile quirks at that, halfway to a laugh. It's comforting to her too. This is the one thing that makes sense — the two of them winging it as they go along. Making it up and hoping they strike hyperfuel somehow. She keeps hold of his hand and reaches her other palm over to rest atop his forearm, a sort of pseudo-embrace that is designed to further affirm that her choice is well-considered.
Ben thought she had it more together than he did somehow, that this came more naturally to her. And it does, in a way. She has never cut herself off from her compassion and empathy like he had. In many ways he is learning how to re-access those parts of himself through her. But she still feels cluelessly inexperienced with caring about people in that way, with being close to them.
It's a difficult thing to do. And already, she can feel that he's right — it's going to be more complicated for being here. She hasn't even confronted the 'what is gonna happen when Kylo Ren puts his dick somewhere else' question yet.
She finally settles into something resembling peace, even though he's still conflicted and confused. It's out there. They're working on it. It's going to be alright. Her expression softens, warms up, and — ]
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