[Finn manages to open his eyes, and that's hard. Poe knows it, so the least he can manage in return is a smile that reaches all the way to his own. It's not hard.]

Of course you can. [He says it like it'll make it true. Maybe it will. He was about as force sensitive as a stone but there had to be some power, even in him. And there were plenty of other people who were hoping for the same. One of them, at least, more in tune with the force than he was.]

Back during the first rebellion- do they teach this stuff to you guys?— they had a big ceremony after the death star was destroyed. The first one, I mean. It was a turning point. People could start to see the light again. Picture a better future.

[He looks back down, picks up the needle again. In, across, out.]

It gave people hope. You did, too. That monster was a lot worse than the death star.