Rey could feel the sense of guilt and loss that still lingered over Luke when he thought back on his uncle and aunt, and she returned the gentle squeeze of her fingers with a soft frown.
If they were trying to protect you, then they had to have known there were risks. They took those risks on because they loved you, and they did so of their own free will. No one chooses to die, but looking after you was how they chose to live their lives.
Of course, on the other side of things, that also meant that her own parents had made the conscious choice to abandon her without any explanation, but Rey couldn't say that she knew that for sure. There really were still any number of reasons for why she hadn't had an upbringing similar to Luke's, and until proven otherwise, she would still give her family the benefit of the doubt.
When Luke spoke up again, though, Rey noted the different quality to his voice and realized he was speaking out loud, and she furrowed her brow, still refusing to open her eyes. She wanted to forget about Ahch-To for just a little while, to live in the memories of someone who actually had some good ones to relive, even if he hadn't thought so at the time.
"Aren't we?" she asked softly. "Where we grew up, how we grew up, our desire to do the right thing. I'm not vain enough to think people throughout the galaxy will know my name in a few years, but... I don't need them to. And neither did you."
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If they were trying to protect you, then they had to have known there were risks. They took those risks on because they loved you, and they did so of their own free will. No one chooses to die, but looking after you was how they chose to live their lives.
Of course, on the other side of things, that also meant that her own parents had made the conscious choice to abandon her without any explanation, but Rey couldn't say that she knew that for sure. There really were still any number of reasons for why she hadn't had an upbringing similar to Luke's, and until proven otherwise, she would still give her family the benefit of the doubt.
When Luke spoke up again, though, Rey noted the different quality to his voice and realized he was speaking out loud, and she furrowed her brow, still refusing to open her eyes. She wanted to forget about Ahch-To for just a little while, to live in the memories of someone who actually had some good ones to relive, even if he hadn't thought so at the time.
"Aren't we?" she asked softly. "Where we grew up, how we grew up, our desire to do the right thing. I'm not vain enough to think people throughout the galaxy will know my name in a few years, but... I don't need them to. And neither did you."