Rey's warehouse, Sunday afternoon

[sith_happened]

Anakin had been at Christopher's musical concert on Friday (so loud, so squeaky. Who let children learn to play violins?) and so he was a few days late for his meeting with Rey.

He trotted to the warehouse and opened the door. "Rey?"

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"Over here," she called from the end of the course, shutting down the remotes.

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"Did you have to fight woodchucks?" Anakin teased, walking over.

[thatwaslucky]

"Not today, at least," she said. "I think I got here before they were too busy so I sort of had the place first."

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"That's lucky," Anakin said with a grin. "How many times did you get through the course?"

[thatwaslucky]

She paused to think about it. "Three? Once backwards. I was pretty focused."

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"Does backward mean I need to reconfigure it again?" Anakin asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't think I'd turn it down," Rey said. "I like staying on my toes."

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Anakin grinned. "I'll get started thinking of something that will challenge you."

[thatwaslucky]

"Do your worst," she told him.

A second later she was maybe reconsidering that?

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Anakin's smile turned wicked. "Really."

[thatwaslucky]

"Remember I have to survive," she said.

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Anakin laughed. "I won't kill you," he promised.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'd also like to keep my limbs," she said.

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"Well, that's just unreasonable," Anakin teased.

[thatwaslucky]

"I've come close enough to it, I'd really like to just skip that," she told him.

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"I can't really recommend it," Anakin agreed

[thatwaslucky]

"So those are my guidelines."

Your standard, Rey, my god.

[sith_happened]

"I can work within those," Anakin decided.

[thatwaslucky]

"Thank you for doing this," she told him.

[sith_happened]

"I like the challenge," Anakin said with a smile. "It's fun to see you stretch yourself, and it's fun for me to come up with new ways to make you learn."

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm glad that I can help, then," she said with a smile.

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Anakin smiled back. "You keep me on my toes."

[thatwaslucky]

"This feels like a very high compliment," she told him.

[sith_happened]

"Good," Anakin replied. "It is. Now tell me what part of this course is still challenging for you."

[thatwaslucky]

"The gravity changes and weather," Rey said. "Things I can't predict until I'm very used to them."