Being praised for something as basic as fighting is new to her, at least before Luke's training. She had picked up fighting because that's what people do on Jakku. If you want to keep track of your refurbished supplies, you had to be ready to knock someone's head in if things got too trying and too desperate. There were days when the sandstorms would make it difficult to salvage parts for weeks on end, and those who did a good job of bringing them back to Plutt in better condition than they were found would be targets.
It was life.
The surprise passes over Rey's features only momentarily before she tries to swallow it down. This is her life now. This is how things are.]
Well, thank you, [she says, voice sounding somewhat prim and proper. Read: it's actually awkward. She is well and truly awkward. She can accept this praise without being distrustful of it, but that's weird, too. It'll take time to shake her upbringing on Jakku and what she defines as the rules of survival.]
But you were braver. Even without being told you had a connection to the Force, you fought Kylo Ren. You stood up to him without thinking twice about it. If you weren't there, I don't know where I'd be. That's ... that speaks to the true strength of your will.
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Being praised for something as basic as fighting is new to her, at least before Luke's training. She had picked up fighting because that's what people do on Jakku. If you want to keep track of your refurbished supplies, you had to be ready to knock someone's head in if things got too trying and too desperate. There were days when the sandstorms would make it difficult to salvage parts for weeks on end, and those who did a good job of bringing them back to Plutt in better condition than they were found would be targets.
It was life.
The surprise passes over Rey's features only momentarily before she tries to swallow it down. This is her life now. This is how things are.]
Well, thank you, [she says, voice sounding somewhat prim and proper. Read: it's actually awkward. She is well and truly awkward. She can accept this praise without being distrustful of it, but that's weird, too. It'll take time to shake her upbringing on Jakku and what she defines as the rules of survival.]
But you were braver. Even without being told you had a connection to the Force, you fought Kylo Ren. You stood up to him without thinking twice about it. If you weren't there, I don't know where I'd be. That's ... that speaks to the true strength of your will.