Finn smiles back a little, reflexively-- when it's not a high stress rigmarole, smiling back is sort of his go-to instinct. People usually have good smiles.
There are a couple of things to unpack here, then. Unexpected. Not impossible to adapt to. An officer in the Resistance, past-tense. That could mean a lot of things, he doesn't want to jump to any conclusions. He'll remember it, though, if he doesn't hear anything else about it. Circle back to it later, maybe. She's heard of him, that's another thing to pack right off for later, too. Poe told him word got around. Guess he was right.
"I was a Stormtrooper, ma'am." It comes out as a correction, carried by straightforward impulse more than anything, and lacking in sharpness. He'd be lying if he said his old life hasn't stuck to him in more ways than he can count, of course, but-- it threw him off to hear that, a bit, that's all. It was weird.
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There are a couple of things to unpack here, then. Unexpected. Not impossible to adapt to. An officer in the Resistance, past-tense. That could mean a lot of things, he doesn't want to jump to any conclusions. He'll remember it, though, if he doesn't hear anything else about it. Circle back to it later, maybe. She's heard of him, that's another thing to pack right off for later, too. Poe told him word got around. Guess he was right.
"I was a Stormtrooper, ma'am." It comes out as a correction, carried by straightforward impulse more than anything, and lacking in sharpness. He'd be lying if he said his old life hasn't stuck to him in more ways than he can count, of course, but-- it threw him off to hear that, a bit, that's all. It was weird.
He swallows.
"I'm just Finn now. If that's all right."