Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

The dreams weren't constant or anything, but they were consistent enough to be annoying. Rey hadn't had nearly enough sleep last night.because of it, and she was trying to work out the frustration on the course. Which meant, as usual, that she was messing it up, which only frustrated her more, which meant she messed up more.

Halfway in, she stopped, jumped down, took a breather, and then started again, calmer this time. At least she was learning.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin came in after Lana's class. "Rey?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Yeah," Rey called, right before accidentally slicing through a remote that popped on down to the ground. She kept going anyway.

[sith_happened]

"How are you doing?" Anakin asked, grinning.

[thatwaslucky]

"Not my best," Rey admitted, still rushing one of the swinging bags really well.

[sith_happened]

"Just a bad week?" Anakin checked.

[thatwaslucky]

She paused for the jump, not happy with her landing, even if she made it.

"Maybe," she said, pausing. "Maybe if I did it without the gravity."

[sith_happened]

"Want me to adjust it, then?" Anakin asked, heading for the controls.

[thatwaslucky]

"Off this time," she said, and added, "Please."

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded and then made the adjustments. "Is it harder to concentrate today?" he asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm just having an off day today," she said, starting on. Run through the course again, which was going easier now at least.

[sith_happened]

"Those days happen," Anakin agreed. "It took me a night to recover from the kriffing Kraken drill."

[thatwaslucky]

"...Okay, it's an off week," she amended, because that had been slightly less tough, but still tough.

She'd be done on the course in a minute, though.

[sith_happened]

"That's two in a row," Anakin said, frowning lightly.

[thatwaslucky]

"Last week was the day with Portalocity," Rey protested.

So it was two bad weeks with that sandwiched in between and therefore much better.

[sith_happened]

So much better!

"Did that ever get sorted out?" Anakin asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes, in that I ended up leaving for home Friday evening when the portal actually showed up," she said, finishing the course and disengaging her lightsaber. "I got back just in time for the kraken drill."

[sith_happened]

"That's some kind of timing," Anakin said, wincing.

[thatwaslucky]

"Like I said, an off week," she said. "I'll get better."

What she did was still better than most people on an off day.

[sith_happened]

"You're hardly falling behind now," Anakin assured her.

[thatwaslucky]

"I feel like I am," she admitted. "It won't last."

[sith_happened]

"How can I help?" Anakin asked.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey thought about it.

"Have you ever felt off? Like you're in your own way?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "More than a few times."

[thatwaslucky]

"What do you do to get over it?" Rey wondered. "What actually works?"

[sith_happened]

"For me, meditation," Anakin admitted. "Fixing things as I concentrated on the Force, relaxing into it."