[ Oh. Not an especially eloquent thought to have, oh. Oh, and the way that life sometimes cheats. Oh, and the way that things get taken before you know what they even are, and sometimes you're so busy trying to function that you don't realize what you lost by never being allowed to have it.
He's never died. Only come close a few times. Still, he thinks the sentiment behind it falls in the neighborhood of things he understands. ]
I don't know. Figuring out good things isn't in my pay grade. [ Something good you have is something you can lose. There's always another shoe waiting to drop. Maybe that's why.
Finn's always had trouble pinpointing exactly what it is about Jyn and Cassian that he can feel himself reflecting. The sense of cautious ease, an understanding without a real name. Different than it is with Rey or with Poe. People are hard, being a person is hard. Maybe they're all just a little off in the same ways. (He can't think broken if it's not just him.)
Finn knocks the fronts of his boots together a couple of times, where he's got his legs stretched out.
He's better at hope than he used to be. That has to be good for something. After a second, he tips his head to one side. ] But I'm pretty sure Cassian knows about as much about doing this as either of us do, so.
[ That's probably a good thing too right. They're both at like level 0. No expectations. They can figure it out from the ground floor. He thinks that sounds like a thing that's real. What good is being a whole two years older when he can only vaguely pretend to be wise. smdh. But you know what he absolutely, 100% knows about this? ]
I figure anything you know is a good thing is something worth finding. You're still on the same team. You're in this together. Worse ways to start.
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He's never died. Only come close a few times. Still, he thinks the sentiment behind it falls in the neighborhood of things he understands. ]
I don't know. Figuring out good things isn't in my pay grade. [ Something good you have is something you can lose. There's always another shoe waiting to drop. Maybe that's why.
Finn's always had trouble pinpointing exactly what it is about Jyn and Cassian that he can feel himself reflecting. The sense of cautious ease, an understanding without a real name. Different than it is with Rey or with Poe. People are hard, being a person is hard. Maybe they're all just a little off in the same ways. (He can't think broken if it's not just him.)
Finn knocks the fronts of his boots together a couple of times, where he's got his legs stretched out.
He's better at hope than he used to be. That has to be good for something. After a second, he tips his head to one side. ] But I'm pretty sure Cassian knows about as much about doing this as either of us do, so.
[ That's probably a good thing too right. They're both at like level 0. No expectations. They can figure it out from the ground floor. He thinks that sounds like a thing that's real. What good is being a whole two years older when he can only vaguely pretend to be wise. smdh. But you know what he absolutely, 100% knows about this? ]
I figure anything you know is a good thing is something worth finding. You're still on the same team. You're in this together. Worse ways to start.