It was either a good answer or one that required no thought at all. Given the effort she had made to find him, her persistence to try to wear him down, she probably meant her words.
He nodded at her description of life on Jakku. She was strong at least, probably stronger than he had been at her age. Everything had felt so hard and impossible to him and he'd wanted to give up so many times. Rey seemed to almost want it to be a challenge.
Taking his hand away he reached to beside her for the half-loaf of bread he'd left there. He reached with his mechanical hand, his other falling on a her thigh briefly for balance before pulling back again. He tore at the bread, used the fluffy inside to mop at his bowl and stuffed it into his mouth.
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Date: 2021-03-06 12:53 pm (UTC)He nodded at her description of life on Jakku. She was strong at least, probably stronger than he had been at her age. Everything had felt so hard and impossible to him and he'd wanted to give up so many times. Rey seemed to almost want it to be a challenge.
Taking his hand away he reached to beside her for the half-loaf of bread he'd left there. He reached with his mechanical hand, his other falling on a her thigh briefly for balance before pulling back again. He tore at the bread, used the fluffy inside to mop at his bowl and stuffed it into his mouth.
"I'll disappoint you," he said around a mouthful.