On Takodana, Maz told Rey that the belonging she sought was not behind her, rather ahead, and Rey would like to believe that she's found it here - the most unexpected of places to end up, but the only place she'd ever been welcomed so easily and readily. She's got a huge adopted family, and she's got friends now, too, and Finn, and Poe, if he wanted them like that.

Time will tell.

Right now, though, was all about the story-telling, and Rey was all ears, eyes widening to hear it all for the first time from the person that had lived through it, gasping at the appropriate moments, hiding her face against his chest at others, shivering at still more - she'd been at the receiving end of Kylo Ren's particular mind-probing talents, and never wanted to find herself there again.

But if anyone understands what she'd gone through at his hands, it's Poe, and vice versa. Even if he doesn't elaborate, she understands. Even if he never elaborates, she understands.

"So brave - ", she murmurs, cuddling closer.