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[realists]

Oh

That sucks.

I've never been here before. Or if I was, I didn't make any friends so no one remembers me.

[ which tracks ]

[withinreach]

It's kind of unsettling to be honest, but there's not much I can do about it. We've got more important things to worry about anyway.

I doubt people would have just forgotten you. Even if you wanted to stay in your bunk and never talk to anyone, I dont think that would work for too long.

The boredom alone would get you out eventually.

[realists]

I can handle at least six months of solitude.

[withinreach]

Voluntarily?

[realists]

[ wow call her out why don't you

what if she just IGNORES THAT ACCURATE ASSESSMENT ]

I haven't see you naked, so there is at least one person.

[withinreach]

[ it's an obvious question and 10/10 on that deflection btw, he's impressed. very subtle ]

I guess it's a good thing that I'm not taking it as a challenge then.
Unless you're disappointed.
But I don't even know who you are, and I like to be at least on a first name basis before I start stripping for someone.

[realists]

I don't know that I'd be disappointed, since I don't know what you look like.

I'm called Jyn Erso.

[withinreach]

[ oh

... well. this isn't awkward ]

My name's Poe Dameron.
You wouldn't know me, but I've heard about you.

[realists]

[ he's right, she doesn't know him ]

Yeah?

[ maybe he knows one of the few people she socialised with on sarano? ]

[withinreach]

Mostly through old Rebellion records. Saw a couple of old Imperial wanted holos featuring you too, I remember thinking that you looked younger than I expected.

[ There's the outside chance that it's not actually her, but what are the odds? ]

[realists]

I'm 22.

[ SOMEHOW she manages to sound defensive over text

because she is a baby ]

[withinreach]

[ she is baby

but also still somehow decades older than him because time makes no sense anymore ]

I was getting in trouble at that age too.

[ tell us a story grandpa but more seriously- ]

Have you been to Scarif yet?

[realists]

You mean have I died? Yeah.

[withinreach]

Yeah, that.

I don't know how that works, but I'm glad that you're here.

[realists]

[ casually ignores that too she is obviously great at emotions ]

So who is going to be the first person to see you naked on the ship?

You you, not past you.

[withinreach]

[ conversely poe has a lot of Feelings at any given time and is almost incapable of ignoring them ]

In person or over the network? Are those two separate categories?

[realists]

Sure

[withinreach]

You'd really rather talk about that than anything about yourself, huh?

[realists]

I would rather talk about you being naked, yeah.

My wanted posters aside, I am not very interesting. I spent the last six months in prison.

[ which is as much an opening to ask questions as she is capable of giving ]

[withinreach]

There's a lot more to you than your prison time.
I've spent the last six months camping out in the jungle, and it's no prison but it feels like we're trapped, all the same.

You're not dead or in prison now. Have you thought about what you want to do, now that you've got another chance?

[realists]

Sleep until noon and eat until I burst.

[withinreach]

Yeah? That works for you?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging you. My parents got out too. Settled down on Yavin 4 actually, practically in the shadow of the old temple.

[realists]

I like not starving, yeah.

You parents were in the Alliance?

[withinreach]

They were. A fighter pilot and a ground soldier. I was born right in the middle of the war.

[realists]

Oh

I'm sorry I can't tell you I knew them. I was only there for a few days.

[ she genuinely is. if they were young enough to start a family they couldn't have been that much older than her. ]

Though if we'd met it would have been because of Scarif so maybe I'm not sorry anymore.

[ that was a stream of conscious journey she went on ]