[ the interrogation chamber is too cold, too full of bad memories for him. she can feel the fear of it in his unconscious mind as she transports him. it reminds her of the crime she has committed against him, doing this. he'll never forgive her. not fully. but maybe she can make him forget his anger, or make something else stronger than it.
the troop she brought with her cuts down the rest of his companions. they won't surrender, now that poe hasn't. she'll keep that from him too. add it to the list.
rey accompanies poe back aboard the supremacy, never letting him out of her sight. she tells herself it's because she wants to protect him, keep him safe, be there when he wakes up. really it's that she can't risk him waking before she wants him to. she's even lying to herself these days.
eventually though he does wake, in a spartan bunk where the stormtroopers are housed. the kind finn had grown up sleeping on. she sits at the end of it. his wrists are pinned down not with metal, but with the force. ]
I know you're awake. [ she says it softly. ] I just want to talk.
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the troop she brought with her cuts down the rest of his companions. they won't surrender, now that poe hasn't. she'll keep that from him too. add it to the list.
rey accompanies poe back aboard the supremacy, never letting him out of her sight. she tells herself it's because she wants to protect him, keep him safe, be there when he wakes up. really it's that she can't risk him waking before she wants him to. she's even lying to herself these days.
eventually though he does wake, in a spartan bunk where the stormtroopers are housed. the kind finn had grown up sleeping on. she sits at the end of it. his wrists are pinned down not with metal, but with the force. ]
I know you're awake. [ she says it softly. ] I just want to talk.