"Hit the button again," Rey snapped, her fingers still on the coils of the repair rod.
"Ummm... are you sure about that?"
She rolled her eyes. "You trusted me enough to start to hurdle rocks at you last night, that you could move them out of the way before hitting you, but you don't trust me when it comes to repairing this ship?"
Poe came out from behind the other closet, maneuvering around wires. "You know what, this is my third fire extinguisher and the power has failed four times and servo-controlled plate almost cracked last time. So... no."
Rey sighed and continued to prod the lead and wires to the damper, trying to re-route power again, when he said, "Can't you just bypass that?"
"I've tried," she sighed. "Not working. Hit the button again."
He sighed but shot her a playful look. "Sure, I don't need my limbs. You can electrocute them as much as you want."
She stared ahead of her, but began to smile. "Just do it."
Poe shook his head, held tight to the fire extinguisher and winced as his hand pushed down on the lever one more time. He pressed the button next to it and pulled the lever up.
The whirring didn't sound 'crunchy' this time, but clear and solid.
"Oh, and I had the fire extinguisher ready this time."
"Turn it off," Rey said. "That should do it. Besides, we're probably out of time."
There was a slight change in both of their demeanor. They stared at each other wondering if they caught it.
"Leia?" Rey called.
"Yes, it's me," she said. "I just wanted to see how it was going."
They started talking over each other.
"The ship is just...fine the alluvial dampers were just a little-"
"The cockpit was just a bit dirty and the wires needed... rewiring..."
"So not good?"
They spoke over each other again.
"No, not at all."
"Not really."
She smiled. "Where's Finn?"
Just then, Finn screamed in the gun deck. "That is not supposed to do that!"
Poe stuttered. "The one gun deck has some issues... look, on the surface, I know this doesn't make sense. But Leia, a Mon Calimari cruiser-"
Leia held up her hand to interrupt. "You don't have to convince me. These are powerful ships in combat, and the one on Endor made every pilot... and Princess. romanticize them. Finding all three cruisers in the Selonian junk heap was an amazing find. And the deck on this one was modified and it's large. And might give us a place alone when we need to train without prying eyes."
"Are we training?" Poe asked.
She was about to answer when someone ran up behind her, saluting Poe but then turning to Leia.
"Ma'am, we have a visitor," an officer reported. "And I wouldn't interrupt if I didn't think...if it wasn't..."
He paused, looking back at the base for a moment.
Leia looked in the middle distance.
She sighed. "Oh... he's finally here," she said, nodding to Rey. "I hope he lets you keep the Falcon."
"Who?" Rey asked.
Leia sighed. "The owner."
Rey shook her head. "But... Han was the owner."
Leia rolled her eyes, as if she had done it many times before, but was smiling when she said, "Oh my dear, that was always under debate."
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The Flight Before Us | FanFic/Damarey/ Before Ep 9
Science Fiction"You don't have to understand something to feel it." Trying to hide from the First Order, Leia finally reveals why she's been testing Poe- and even why she sent him to find Skywalker's map. While Rey tries to help train him, it's hard for them bot...
