[She's awake because she can't sleep - the cold sticks way down in her skin, but no more than night on the sand, really; what really has her awake, sharpened to a point, is the tug on her of the planet they've left behind. It's quiet and still and for every minute she sits behind the array of buttons and levers and small, blinking lights is a minute too long gone from where she should be. It's easy to think that in cold, half illuminated cockpit as she chews the inside of her cheek and stares out into the darkness, to the patchwork of stars. She hadn't had an option. Escape was the only way to survive the First Order's assault on the outpost and she's agreed to take BB-8 to where he belonged. She'd sworn to him that she'd do it. What had she expected to happen? Of course that would lead to leaving the planet.
What was she thinking? What if this was the moment someone came looking for her? What if she missed her one opportunity by flying off at the drop of a hat?--
His voice beside her doesn't shake her, but it does make her blink - dulls some of that point that has her so focused on the view of the stars beyond the stolen ship's viewing window. It's a small flicker, no more obvious than resetting her jaw, but it still feels like she's been caught in a sensitive moment. So for a second she doesn't answer, forcing herself to calmly reach out and make the same small adjustments to the manual navigation that she's been doing for the past three hours.]
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What was she thinking? What if this was the moment someone came looking for her? What if she missed her one opportunity by flying off at the drop of a hat?--
His voice beside her doesn't shake her, but it does make her blink - dulls some of that point that has her so focused on the view of the stars beyond the stolen ship's viewing window. It's a small flicker, no more obvious than resetting her jaw, but it still feels like she's been caught in a sensitive moment. So for a second she doesn't answer, forcing herself to calmly reach out and make the same small adjustments to the manual navigation that she's been doing for the past three hours.]
Of course I did.