[ She holds his full attention while she talks. Not that that's much of a new phenomenon. This is something he really has wondered about during their time here, though, that he's never thought to ask about at the right moments.
He wants to know. So he listens, tries to picture it and layer it over what he saw of Jakku. Just a kid making her own shelters, having to watch out for herself on a planet that unforgiving, that harsh. She came out kind and shining. She came out radiant.
There's a lot he doesn't know about his friends, he's realized now and again, and especially Rey. Finn can't help being curious. Maybe partly wanting to understand more about them, maybe partly because before he met them, everyone he knew had the same history as him. There are so many different ways for people to become the people they are. ]
It's the weirdest thing on this moon.
[ A smile, however brief. He hesitates, then admits-- ]
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He wants to know. So he listens, tries to picture it and layer it over what he saw of Jakku. Just a kid making her own shelters, having to watch out for herself on a planet that unforgiving, that harsh. She came out kind and shining. She came out radiant.
There's a lot he doesn't know about his friends, he's realized now and again, and especially Rey. Finn can't help being curious. Maybe partly wanting to understand more about them, maybe partly because before he met them, everyone he knew had the same history as him. There are so many different ways for people to become the people they are. ]
It's the weirdest thing on this moon.
[ A smile, however brief. He hesitates, then admits-- ]
I keep waiting for that to change.