[ Rey makes a quiet noise — surprise, protest — when Octavia hoists her up. She does, though, keep the bundle against her chest with one arm and loop the other around Octavia's shoulder. It means almost huddling against her. Marginally a laughable sight, given that Octavia is smaller than her by some.
She certainly seldom looks it. Octavia has a presence in a way that Rey doesn't see around herself.
In any case, the empathy bond shares what Rey has too much pride to correct aloud: she had clearly intended for a hand in walking herself, not being picked up. It's too late to argue now, but Rey sets her chin on Octavia's shoulder to avoid looking at her all the same, and she's markedly relieved when they reach the cot again, and Rey can stack the bundle of fresh clothes at the foot of her bed and settle back down onto it.
She sits, rather than lays. She needs to be on her way up. ]
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She certainly seldom looks it. Octavia has a presence in a way that Rey doesn't see around herself.
In any case, the empathy bond shares what Rey has too much pride to correct aloud: she had clearly intended for a hand in walking herself, not being picked up. It's too late to argue now, but Rey sets her chin on Octavia's shoulder to avoid looking at her all the same, and she's markedly relieved when they reach the cot again, and Rey can stack the bundle of fresh clothes at the foot of her bed and settle back down onto it.
She sits, rather than lays. She needs to be on her way up. ]
Thanks. [ Hard-earned gratitude. ]