[ rey is still too new to consider much of the possible disasters that may come from skirting the rules. uncontracted, unaccompanied, unsupervised — orientation had come with a series of words that felt more intended to cut down and push in line than give any real information, and now that she was past it, rey had put most of it aside.
she would survive, much in the way she always had, regardless of whether she had another person to claim her or not. she may be alone, but she'd been alone for a long time, longer than she'd ever been surrounded by the resistance. she could survive this.
but that doesn't mean someone in her corner is inherently a bad thing. at the sound of another woman's voice, and the subsequent visual of her in rey's peripheral, something in her posture changes, a subtle relaxation of her shoulders as her hand gently lifts off the hilt of her saber on her hip. ]
I was doing alright. [ it's not entirely a complaint, really; she's grateful to see that the thugs seem to recognize a valid point when they hear one and begin to scatter. it's almost instinctive, and after a beat, rey hedges the possible sharpness of the statement with a gentler one. ] I think.
[ no need to make enemies unnecessarily. leia would tell her to gather all the allies she could. ]
no subject
she would survive, much in the way she always had, regardless of whether she had another person to claim her or not. she may be alone, but she'd been alone for a long time, longer than she'd ever been surrounded by the resistance. she could survive this.
but that doesn't mean someone in her corner is inherently a bad thing. at the sound of another woman's voice, and the subsequent visual of her in rey's peripheral, something in her posture changes, a subtle relaxation of her shoulders as her hand gently lifts off the hilt of her saber on her hip. ]
I was doing alright. [ it's not entirely a complaint, really; she's grateful to see that the thugs seem to recognize a valid point when they hear one and begin to scatter. it's almost instinctive, and after a beat, rey hedges the possible sharpness of the statement with a gentler one. ] I think.
[ no need to make enemies unnecessarily. leia would tell her to gather all the allies she could. ]
Sorry. It's, ah. It's been a strange day.