Ben didn't even realize he'd let slip that he had nightmares about Luke's. Such a thing was such a fact of life he simply thought it was common knowledge. At the very least, Poe and Rey understood isolation like Luke's was one of Ben's worst fears, and took it seriously - something he hadn't always had the luxury of.
He curled his fingers around his mother's, marveling momentarily that he had grown up to be bigger than her even in little ways such as their hands. "As far as I know, they're not interested in each other. They're friends; they do care about each other, but they haven't indicated some sort of mutual interest in one another. That's why I thought it was either going to instantly be over or that they would make me choose. I didn't expect for them to agree or even suggest the arrangement we've now found ourselves in.
Master Luke is going to hate me," he noted dryly. "I have ruined his new padawan before he even had the chance to teach her that love is a cardinal sin among Jedi."
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He curled his fingers around his mother's, marveling momentarily that he had grown up to be bigger than her even in little ways such as their hands. "As far as I know, they're not interested in each other. They're friends; they do care about each other, but they haven't indicated some sort of mutual interest in one another. That's why I thought it was either going to instantly be over or that they would make me choose. I didn't expect for them to agree or even suggest the arrangement we've now found ourselves in.
Master Luke is going to hate me," he noted dryly. "I have ruined his new padawan before he even had the chance to teach her that love is a cardinal sin among Jedi."