[There's no artifice in it, and nothing like exasperation. He was incredibly lucky. He'd known it then- surviving the crash, finding someone out there in that great empty desert before he lost his life to dehydration or the local wildlife- and he'd known it even more when he made it back to the resistance. When he found out BB-8 was still safe and alive. When he'd shown up with Finn in tow. That felt like more than luck. It felt like date. Destiny. The force. Something big he was a small part of. Something that wanted a change for good, something that favored hope.
He was lucky. They all were.
He tips his face down to the Droid, all ready for orders, eager to help. He'd made some good friends. Good friends who still hadn't answered his question.]
Go ahead. I got to borrow you for a few minutes, but it can wait.
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[There's no artifice in it, and nothing like exasperation. He was incredibly lucky. He'd known it then- surviving the crash, finding someone out there in that great empty desert before he lost his life to dehydration or the local wildlife- and he'd known it even more when he made it back to the resistance. When he found out BB-8 was still safe and alive. When he'd shown up with Finn in tow. That felt like more than luck. It felt like date. Destiny. The force. Something big he was a small part of. Something that wanted a change for good, something that favored hope.
He was lucky. They all were.
He tips his face down to the Droid, all ready for orders, eager to help. He'd made some good friends. Good friends who still hadn't answered his question.]
Go ahead. I got to borrow you for a few minutes, but it can wait.
[He had come looking, after all.]