[ He holds Leonard's gaze, as if to prove he isn't shy. Kylo Ren's no wilting flower in the face of... you know. Debauchery. Inexperienced, certainly. But it's less shyness, in this particular instance, as it is: ] Uninterested. [ His eyes shift over to the assorted dancers, watching them in their trade. ] I don't want to pay anyone to... pretend.
[ Ren pushes himself off from the bar, nodding, though there's the slightest smile on his lips again. The fact that Leonard doesn't push it, use the opportunity to mock him, or try to force him into something he doesn't want to do is oddly meaningful to him. It's pathetic, he knows, that he's so starved of companionship or camaraderie, that the littlest scraps of it make him go weak in the knees. But Leonard's been consistently decent, in his own way, and for his talk of Kylo owing a life debt to him, he doesn't behave with any such entitlement. ]
Yeah. [ There's a pause, then: ] Thank you. For as much as I underestimated this cantina, I had... fun.
[ Which he says like it's an entirely foreign concept to him. FUN? WHAT IS THAT? But he doesn't let the words linger in the air before he turns and starts to head out, so that they can return to the room. ]
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[ Ren pushes himself off from the bar, nodding, though there's the slightest smile on his lips again. The fact that Leonard doesn't push it, use the opportunity to mock him, or try to force him into something he doesn't want to do is oddly meaningful to him. It's pathetic, he knows, that he's so starved of companionship or camaraderie, that the littlest scraps of it make him go weak in the knees. But Leonard's been consistently decent, in his own way, and for his talk of Kylo owing a life debt to him, he doesn't behave with any such entitlement. ]
Yeah. [ There's a pause, then: ] Thank you. For as much as I underestimated this cantina, I had... fun.
[ Which he says like it's an entirely foreign concept to him. FUN? WHAT IS THAT? But he doesn't let the words linger in the air before he turns and starts to head out, so that they can return to the room. ]