"Thank you for the suggestion, Rey, I can almost feel the condensation. Why would I ask for something like that when I already have a weapon? The Admiral has more pressing concerns."
And she frowns at him, because his weapon is fine for his world and not nearly good enough here.
"It's not that, it's common sense. Furiosa told me monsters got onto this ship at one point and they took out half the population. If they're that dangerous, they're probably too fast to hit with just six shots even if you are incredibly impressive with that thing."
She's about to say he can't have hers, but then something else comes to mind, something with more stopping power and probably much more useful if it comes to fighting in close quarters.
"If I were to ask the Admiral for something for you, would you take it or just accuse me of being condescending again?"
Because she wants to get him a bowcaster, the same weapon that Chewbacca used.
"There are other people you should be trying to help before you help me," he says, instead of protesting the fact that she wants to do something for him.
She considers for a moment, and then gets up and goes to one of the hidden compartments to pull out a sketchbook and a pencil. Flipping it open, she starts to draw something as she heads over to him.
"It's called a bowcaster," she says, and after she puts the finishing touches on her quick drawing she turns it to show him. It's good work, if hasty, something he will recognize as a crossbow if he's seen one of those before. "The bolts this shoots explode on impact."
He has, at that: he did go to school, even if he didn't attend quite as religiously as he should have, and he remembers them from history books. He looks at it, then raises his eyes to hers, surprised, grinning a lopsided little grin.
"I'm beginning to think you might understand what I like, Rey."
Well, that's certainly a look she'd like to see on his face as often as possible. It gets her to grin too, just a little, and she feels warmer than she has since the Admiral's announcement.
"And to think you almost talked yourself out of having one."
He shoots her an amused glance but doesn't otherwise react to the first part. "No, no," he says, looking around the ship. "He's easy to please. Just- maybe close the door to the--" He isn't actually sure what to call it, so he gestures at the cockpit.
"If you want it to come out of this ordeal unmolested."
"Believe me, he couldn't ruin it any more than the owner before me did." She says, and her voice is incredibly dry and just a little steeped in annoyance. "In fact, maybe I'll ask him to help me tear some badly chosen upgrades out."
Unkar Plutt ruined the best ship in the galaxy and Rey is still mad about it.
"And miss out on a chance to be his moral support? I don't think so." She says with a shake of her head. "There are seats right behind the pilot and co-pilot chairs, you'll be able to watch the whole thing."
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(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-14 06:56 pm (UTC)"That's good. Have you thought about getting a weapon for yourself that fires more than six bullets?"
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-14 07:49 pm (UTC)"Thank you for the suggestion, Rey, I can almost feel the condensation. Why would I ask for something like that when I already have a weapon? The Admiral has more pressing concerns."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-14 10:32 pm (UTC)"It's not that, it's common sense. Furiosa told me monsters got onto this ship at one point and they took out half the population. If they're that dangerous, they're probably too fast to hit with just six shots even if you are incredibly impressive with that thing."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 07:59 am (UTC)"You're right. But I never saw a weapon more suitable until I fired that blaster of yours."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 08:26 am (UTC)"If I were to ask the Admiral for something for you, would you take it or just accuse me of being condescending again?"
Because she wants to get him a bowcaster, the same weapon that Chewbacca used.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 09:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 09:28 am (UTC)Stop being such a baby about it.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 05:05 pm (UTC)He rolls his eyes, fondly, then shrugs. "Fine. What would you ask him?"
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-15 10:00 pm (UTC)"It's called a bowcaster," she says, and after she puts the finishing touches on her quick drawing she turns it to show him. It's good work, if hasty, something he will recognize as a crossbow if he's seen one of those before. "The bolts this shoots explode on impact."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-17 12:40 pm (UTC)"I'm beginning to think you might understand what I like, Rey."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-17 06:03 pm (UTC)"And to think you almost talked yourself out of having one."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 06:05 am (UTC)"Alright, alright. I'll have to go and tell Nux, then, about this plan."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 06:18 am (UTC)Her smile is staying, too. It's staying and she feels like maybe things won't be quite so bad after all.
"Do you think he'll want anything special if he stays?"
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 06:23 am (UTC)"If you want it to come out of this ordeal unmolested."
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 06:48 am (UTC)Unkar Plutt ruined the best ship in the galaxy and Rey is still mad about it.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 07:51 am (UTC)He knows you don't drive a ship, but Nux doesn't really care about words.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 07:58 am (UTC)She's probably not in the right frame of mind to give very good flying lessons, but that would have to prove to be at least entertaining.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 09:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 09:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-04-19 06:04 pm (UTC)"I'll consider it." See how much his life is worth.