[ Recalling this is like recalling a childhood memory. New Amsterdam and her knowledge of all the people in it feel far away to her, memories that were unused and put in cold storage. Anchoring herself in amiable chatter about them helps pack some of her darker feelings away. If she can stamp them down, suppress them, then maybe ...
Maybe she'll get through this. Just like she got through Jakku. Maybe she can be the person her friends need her to be. ]
I don't think she'd even seen a shuttle before she came to this world. One of those. [ She waves her hand, then hooks her lantern to a carabiner on her backpack. ] It'll be better in person. [ Plus, she'd left her in the lurch with rent, and most of Rey's stuff was still there.
But Riku's already admitted he won't press the issue, and that's for the best all around. It doesn't take her long to get things packed up and ready to go back to New Amsterdam via the gate. It feels a little like restarting, back to where she had been before she'd gone home, taking another stab at the year that followed, that had driven her to flee. Maybe she'll do better this go around. ]
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[ Recalling this is like recalling a childhood memory. New Amsterdam and her knowledge of all the people in it feel far away to her, memories that were unused and put in cold storage. Anchoring herself in amiable chatter about them helps pack some of her darker feelings away. If she can stamp them down, suppress them, then maybe ...
Maybe she'll get through this. Just like she got through Jakku. Maybe she can be the person her friends need her to be. ]
I don't think she'd even seen a shuttle before she came to this world. One of those. [ She waves her hand, then hooks her lantern to a carabiner on her backpack. ] It'll be better in person. [ Plus, she'd left her in the lurch with rent, and most of Rey's stuff was still there.
But Riku's already admitted he won't press the issue, and that's for the best all around. It doesn't take her long to get things packed up and ready to go back to New Amsterdam via the gate. It feels a little like restarting, back to where she had been before she'd gone home, taking another stab at the year that followed, that had driven her to flee. Maybe she'll do better this go around. ]