[ just as excited as he was to land, he's just as excited to hop out of the ship and take a look around. because this is his home and he hasn't been here in 84 years. who knows if he'll ever get another chance at this point, honestly? to hang around the ranch and eat some koyo melon. catch up with his dad in person and not over comms with bb-8 as a middle-droid.

and he gets to show finn all of it! still not over that. his soft gay heart is mumbling about how someday this could be all theirs. finn could stay forever, just like mulan's grandma foretold. (then again, he couldn't stand the thought of being grounded, even if his hypothetical peacetime future. but the ranch could be their home base instead of just his.)

he should probably stop doodling hearts in his brain notebook and use his voice. he's out, finn's out, bb-8's out, they're doing a jaunty walk through the yard. he will absolutely make finn meet his dad, but for the moment he is all too happy to stop in front of one of his mechanical equivalents of a nailed it cake. ]

This is... [ he squints. what is it again? ] I juryrigged a podracer engine to a koyo picker. There was gonna be a meteor shower, and I wanted to finish my chores faster so I could go see it. It worked.

[ he laughs. what an innocent time. if he pretends he didn't singe the dumb force tree in the process. ]