Pre-flight check of the hyperdrive and shields still needs to be done. [ The interruption effectively distracts her from her conversation with Chewbacca, and Rey drops her head, raising a palm to push hair out of her face and nods, in a hurry to disengage because the frustration of interacting with Kylo Ren has a way of forcing her to push other distractions aside.
She turns away, hands on her hips, as Chewbacca heads down to search out the source of the alarm light that flashes to indicate that there's someone approaching at the base of the cargo ramp. ]
That'll be flight orders from the General. Test the shields for responsiveness, and I'll run checks of the hyperdrive. [ 'While Chewie says goodbye' goes unsaid, though it's really what Rey attempts to prioritize here. They're closer than she can entirely conceptualize, something to do with the Galactic Civil War if she had to guess, or their shared sentiment for Han Solo. Whatever it is, she doesn't want to interrupt with business when they might be down the ramp parting sentimentally.
Instead, she trudges into the cockpit and drops into the pilot's seat, flipping switches on the instrument panel to test the lights that signal the hyperdrive's engagement. Red flashes to yellow, then blue, and she sits back in the seat, nodding her relief at the lights themselves before redirecting her attention out the front window, through which she sends her own lingering goodbyes to another planet. One on a long line. It seems the First Order has chased them halfway across the galaxy, keeping her from putting down any kind of roots but for those that curl and twine through the rusted steel bones of the Falcon.
Chewie interrupts her despondence before too long, and her sun-freckled face turns up towards him to listen as he reports in warbling howls their mission. Resolutely, she nods. ] We've got our orders. Your mother won't be coming aboard, nor Luke. The General and her council determined there was too great a risk in transporting so many Resistance leaders together under the assumption we could overtake and outrun the First Order.
[ That meant Kylo Ren, Chewie, and Rey were determined to be a cost they could afford to pay, should it go sideways; Luke and Leia were not. Rey doesn't disagree, but it's a fact worth noting. It takes Rey some time before she goes any further with the plan, weighing the truth of their expendability with what she wants to ask of Kylo Ren to ensure their success. ]
Snoke might not have the grip on you that he once did, but is that connection still open?
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She turns away, hands on her hips, as Chewbacca heads down to search out the source of the alarm light that flashes to indicate that there's someone approaching at the base of the cargo ramp. ]
That'll be flight orders from the General. Test the shields for responsiveness, and I'll run checks of the hyperdrive. [ 'While Chewie says goodbye' goes unsaid, though it's really what Rey attempts to prioritize here. They're closer than she can entirely conceptualize, something to do with the Galactic Civil War if she had to guess, or their shared sentiment for Han Solo. Whatever it is, she doesn't want to interrupt with business when they might be down the ramp parting sentimentally.
Instead, she trudges into the cockpit and drops into the pilot's seat, flipping switches on the instrument panel to test the lights that signal the hyperdrive's engagement. Red flashes to yellow, then blue, and she sits back in the seat, nodding her relief at the lights themselves before redirecting her attention out the front window, through which she sends her own lingering goodbyes to another planet. One on a long line. It seems the First Order has chased them halfway across the galaxy, keeping her from putting down any kind of roots but for those that curl and twine through the rusted steel bones of the Falcon.
Chewie interrupts her despondence before too long, and her sun-freckled face turns up towards him to listen as he reports in warbling howls their mission. Resolutely, she nods. ] We've got our orders. Your mother won't be coming aboard, nor Luke. The General and her council determined there was too great a risk in transporting so many Resistance leaders together under the assumption we could overtake and outrun the First Order.
[ That meant Kylo Ren, Chewie, and Rey were determined to be a cost they could afford to pay, should it go sideways; Luke and Leia were not. Rey doesn't disagree, but it's a fact worth noting. It takes Rey some time before she goes any further with the plan, weighing the truth of their expendability with what she wants to ask of Kylo Ren to ensure their success. ]
Snoke might not have the grip on you that he once did, but is that connection still open?