[ This time, Rex lets Poe go. It helps that the sooner they're off the rock, the sooner things get back to normal - which is to say, they're not giving Andy another chance to get skittish and run off on them. Once Poe's out of view, Rex edges closer to Andy, leaning against the wall beside her.
Now that it's done, he feels as though he's floundering in uncharted waters, made almost bashful by his own forwardness and still all keyed up from what has to be one of the most tumultuous day their little trio has ever had. ]
You can go to bed as soon as your legs start working again.
[ He doesn't quite look at her. As much as he's the one who pressed the point that nothing's really changed, in one quick moment, it seems like everything has. He doesn't know what to do with it, or how it's going to turn out. ]
...you really hurt him, you know, [ he says, quiet enough so that there's no chance that Poe can hear. BB-8 may be able to hear, but that little droid knows more about discretion than most humans. ] He's the one who's been guiding us from the start.
[ Rex owes him. So does Andy, though she may not feel like it right now. What Poe really deserves, though, is an apology. He may not be getting one today, or tomorrow, or next month, or even next year, not out loud. It's not her way. But there are things she may yet be able to do. ]
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[ This time, Rex lets Poe go. It helps that the sooner they're off the rock, the sooner things get back to normal - which is to say, they're not giving Andy another chance to get skittish and run off on them. Once Poe's out of view, Rex edges closer to Andy, leaning against the wall beside her.
Now that it's done, he feels as though he's floundering in uncharted waters, made almost bashful by his own forwardness and still all keyed up from what has to be one of the most tumultuous day their little trio has ever had. ]
You can go to bed as soon as your legs start working again.
[ He doesn't quite look at her. As much as he's the one who pressed the point that nothing's really changed, in one quick moment, it seems like everything has. He doesn't know what to do with it, or how it's going to turn out. ]
...you really hurt him, you know, [ he says, quiet enough so that there's no chance that Poe can hear. BB-8 may be able to hear, but that little droid knows more about discretion than most humans. ] He's the one who's been guiding us from the start.
[ Rex owes him. So does Andy, though she may not feel like it right now. What Poe really deserves, though, is an apology. He may not be getting one today, or tomorrow, or next month, or even next year, not out loud. It's not her way. But there are things she may yet be able to do. ]