anakin realizes the mistake the moment finn starts his insult. exactly the thing he had been trying to avoid by telling him to settle back easy is exactly the trap into which finn runs headlong. the hypocrisy of his censure does not yet occur to him, nor will it.
on his feet, throwing an arm out to keep finn back, but kylo ren reaches him first. anakin does not think. his actions are instinctive: a hand thrown out, a focused blast to throw kylo ren back, and the flexion of his fingers tightening the force around his throat before he falls. anakin does not hold the gesture long, only enough to break ren's focus, enough to hear finn breathe.
he seizes finn above the elbow in case he's going to fall. whatever guilt had stayed his hand before is no longer present; everything in him screams to jump after ren, take an arm this time, both. anakin plans to once he makes sure finn will, for the first time in the past ten minutes, stay. ]
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anakin realizes the mistake the moment finn starts his insult. exactly the thing he had been trying to avoid by telling him to settle back easy is exactly the trap into which finn runs headlong. the hypocrisy of his censure does not yet occur to him, nor will it.
on his feet, throwing an arm out to keep finn back, but kylo ren reaches him first. anakin does not think. his actions are instinctive: a hand thrown out, a focused blast to throw kylo ren back, and the flexion of his fingers tightening the force around his throat before he falls. anakin does not hold the gesture long, only enough to break ren's focus, enough to hear finn breathe.
he seizes finn above the elbow in case he's going to fall. whatever guilt had stayed his hand before is no longer present; everything in him screams to jump after ren, take an arm this time, both. anakin plans to once he makes sure finn will, for the first time in the past ten minutes, stay. ]