It's fine. [It's probably fine. Even if he got back late, it's not as if Slip couldn't study on his own, right? Instructor Phasma was constantly berating Finn for his willingness to backslide if it meant acting as a crutch, but...yeah. Maybe there was at least a little truth in it, the idea that he coddled too much to be a real help.
Besides, if Hux was dealing with a more immediate problem, it wasn't exactly fair to turn him away, either.] He'll be fine.
Pre-exam jitters, right? You know how it is. [And, as soon as he says it (watching the pressed, pristine angles of Hux's appearance catch the dimmed corridor lights) he starts to think he should have bitten his tongue: Hux doesn't look like the sort of man that ever worried about an exam a day in his life-- he doesn't even look like the sort of man that's ever needed to take an exam, despite the fact that they're not entirely out of the same age range.]
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Besides, if Hux was dealing with a more immediate problem, it wasn't exactly fair to turn him away, either.] He'll be fine.
Pre-exam jitters, right? You know how it is. [And, as soon as he says it (watching the pressed, pristine angles of Hux's appearance catch the dimmed corridor lights) he starts to think he should have bitten his tongue: Hux doesn't look like the sort of man that ever worried about an exam a day in his life-- he doesn't even look like the sort of man that's ever needed to take an exam, despite the fact that they're not entirely out of the same age range.]