Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had agreed to training she really didn't want to do today, but she also knew this was one of those things she just had to suck it up and do.

She got in early, sitting cross-legged on the floor to meditate. It took her longer to get into it today, but she felt like she was getting better at focus so it wasn't a total wash.


[Open!]

Comments

[sith_happened]

Anakin came in a little more carefully than usual. "Rey?"

[thatwaslucky]

Rey opened her eyes, kind of already prepared to be done there. "Hi."

[sith_happened]

"We don't have to do this today if you don't feel ready," he began immediately.

[thatwaslucky]

Not that that was a sign or anything.

"Do you not want to do this?" Rey checked. "It's okay if you don't."

[sith_happened]

Anakin took a deep breath, reaching into the Force. "I don't have a bad feeling about it," he said finally. "I'm just...not as confident as I usually am."

[thatwaslucky]

"Then I don't think we should do this today," Rey told him.

[sith_happened]

Anakin looked relieved. "You're sure?"

[thatwaslucky]

"The fact that that's your expression means yes, I'm sure," Rey told him gently.

[sith_happened]

"I don't want to leave you unprepared," Anakin said.

[thatwaslucky]

"Then either we can wait until you're ready, or I can talk to Leia," she suggested.

[sith_happened]

"It might be better to talk with Leia," Anakin admitted quietly.

[thatwaslucky]

"Okay," she nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?"

NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

Anakin sent a pointed nudge in the Force at the squirrels, sending them scattering, then sat down on the ground with a sigh. "Well. It was kind of my...thing...as Vader."

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"So this is a really terrible reminder," she said.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"Well, if you can break out of mine, you'll be able to do it for anyone else," Anakin said. "I was well-practiced."

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"It's effective," Rey said. It was also horrible, but he knew that.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"Shortened the amount of poodoo I had to listen to considerably," Anakin said dryly.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"Is that why you used it so much?" Rey wondered.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"I used it because I hated myself and because I didn't have much use for anyone else, either," Anakin said.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"That's... that's more honest than I expected," she admitted.

She was not going to tell him it reminded him of Ben, either.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"I wouldn't have been able to admit that ten years ago," Anakin said.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"What would you have said ten years ago?" Rey asked.

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"I wouldn't've said anything," Anakin said. "Definitely not about being Vader."

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[thatwaslucky]

"Even if I already knew that part?" Rey asked.

(Was this also reminding her of a conversation she'd had with Silver? Yes. A lot of unexpected parallels in Rey's life.)

Re: NFB little squirrels!

[sith_happened]

"Even then," Anakin admitted. "I did not talk about my time then."