[ The tension in him does not appear to have any meaningful effect in dissuading her. She brushes her thumb across the scars on his knuckles as he speaks, considering them. He'd done it to himself, yet they still feel like more to the map she has etched into his skin, with new waypoints added all the time. ]
You did alright for yourself. [ Between the festival and the marriage proposal, Ben had at least had the tools to navigate the situation. He may, like her, lack skills in the department of — well, people — but he understands what's going on with them. How the structures work.
Thrawn was supposed to help her with that. She doesn't want to dig into that. He doesn't want to dig into that. But the loss is hitting her properly now where it had felt somewhat distant before. She'd gotten too attached, too quickly — again.
She lets that go, lets the loss move her and then moves past <>it. ]
Those pearls were a good idea. [ She looks up at his face instead of at his hand. Reluctantly, she lets his fingers slip out of hers. ] And with the ambush at the festival.
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You did alright for yourself. [ Between the festival and the marriage proposal, Ben had at least had the tools to navigate the situation. He may, like her, lack skills in the department of — well, people — but he understands what's going on with them. How the structures work.
Thrawn was supposed to help her with that. She doesn't want to dig into that. He doesn't want to dig into that. But the loss is hitting her properly now where it had felt somewhat distant before. She'd gotten too attached, too quickly — again.
She lets that go, lets the loss move her and then moves past <>it. ]
Those pearls were a good idea. [ She looks up at his face instead of at his hand. Reluctantly, she lets his fingers slip out of hers. ] And with the ambush at the festival.