— Ah. So he most likely did have one, she realized, and Rey's shoulders sagged slightly in relief. She couldn't imagine someone having gone for so long without human companionship, of some sort; she'd long forgotten what her parents looked like, their faces an indistinct blur in her hazy four-year-old memories, or even what their names had been — but she'd never in that entire time forgotten what her own was.
"I'll need to call you something, though," she reasoned, somewhat good-naturedly when he wrote the rest of his message, encouraging her to open his gift now that they were indoors. "Or perhaps I'll make something up." His smile was convincing though, as much as it was distracting, and she nodded and did as he asked.
She removed the little box he'd given her in Niima from the knapsack she'd left in the corner, glancing at him with an anticipatory look before she opened it. Inside were a glistening bunch of the most beautiful things she'd ever seen; they were plant foods, as were the others he'd shown her, but they were small oval ones, the most vibrant color of red she'd ever seen anywhere on Jakku, speckled with tiny seeds and crowned with green stems.
They filled the room with a sweet aroma when she'd opened the box, and her lips gaped as she lifted her eyes to his once more, even as her mouth watered at the scent. "These...these are to eat?" They looked too beautiful to eat, if she'd had to be honest.
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"I'll need to call you something, though," she reasoned, somewhat good-naturedly when he wrote the rest of his message, encouraging her to open his gift now that they were indoors. "Or perhaps I'll make something up." His smile was convincing though, as much as it was distracting, and she nodded and did as he asked.
She removed the little box he'd given her in Niima from the knapsack she'd left in the corner, glancing at him with an anticipatory look before she opened it. Inside were a glistening bunch of the most beautiful things she'd ever seen; they were plant foods, as were the others he'd shown her, but they were small oval ones, the most vibrant color of red she'd ever seen anywhere on Jakku, speckled with tiny seeds and crowned with green stems.
They filled the room with a sweet aroma when she'd opened the box, and her lips gaped as she lifted her eyes to his once more, even as her mouth watered at the scent. "These...these are to eat?" They looked too beautiful to eat, if she'd had to be honest.