She wasn't projecting it in words, of course, but there was a warmth coming through that made her intent plain. And it made Luke want to shake his head, simultaneously shamed and buoyed by her faith, and its relative simplicity.
"Just because events transpire differently than we intend," he said, "doesn't absolve us of responsibility for them. You're still looking for a man who isn't here." He sighed, and looked over at her. "But I'm too tired to push you away, Rey." Not just old, not just deprived of sleep. But too weak to deny a new seed that had taken root in soil too long left fallow. "And I am sorry. For what I said earlier. I am... not much used to company."
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She wasn't projecting it in words, of course, but there was a warmth coming through that made her intent plain. And it made Luke want to shake his head, simultaneously shamed and buoyed by her faith, and its relative simplicity.
"Just because events transpire differently than we intend," he said, "doesn't absolve us of responsibility for them. You're still looking for a man who isn't here." He sighed, and looked over at her. "But I'm too tired to push you away, Rey." Not just old, not just deprived of sleep. But too weak to deny a new seed that had taken root in soil too long left fallow. "And I am sorry. For what I said earlier. I am... not much used to company."