Whether or not Luke intended his words as a reflex, that was exactly how Rey took them. At least, until he went on about his sister and how much she knew him. The faint, knowing smile that had been on her face when it had seemed as though Luke was simply jumping to her defense faded the more he spoke.
Could that have been true? Had Leia sent her because she saw something in her that would appeal to Luke? Had she even known that it would appeal to him in that sort of way?
No, she decided. Whatever reason Leia might have had for sending her beyond just the fact that she'd had to send someone, it couldn't have been because she'd foreseen the pair of them getting along quite this well. No one could have been perceptive enough to have seen that coming.
So instead of touching on any of that, Rey only looked at Luke for a moment before softly remarking, "You tried, at first. But... I guess she was right. Eventually, you just couldn't." She managed a bit of that former smile again, mentioning, "Maybe she could just tell how stubborn I can be when I want to be."
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Could that have been true? Had Leia sent her because she saw something in her that would appeal to Luke? Had she even known that it would appeal to him in that sort of way?
No, she decided. Whatever reason Leia might have had for sending her beyond just the fact that she'd had to send someone, it couldn't have been because she'd foreseen the pair of them getting along quite this well. No one could have been perceptive enough to have seen that coming.
So instead of touching on any of that, Rey only looked at Luke for a moment before softly remarking, "You tried, at first. But... I guess she was right. Eventually, you just couldn't." She managed a bit of that former smile again, mentioning, "Maybe she could just tell how stubborn I can be when I want to be."