Ajan Kloss- Tuesday after all that

[thatwaslucky]

Rey didn't even know how long it had been since this all started now. Though she was filthy and bloody- where had that even come from?- Ben had healed her and nothing hurt physically. She wasn't tired from lack of sleep and constant stress anymore. There wasn't even adrenaline that had to wear off. Emotionally though, she felt exhausted.

She had asked for a few minutes to clean up, and after a shower and a change of clothes she had Anakin meet her in her quarters on the Falcon. They needed to have a very important talk, and this was the most private place she had.


[im done spamming you! For the Master.]

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[sith_happened]

Anakin clung back just a little too tightly. "I'm so sorry, Rey."

[thatwaslucky]

"Me too," she said, letting him cling. He had full reason to.

[sith_happened]

It didn't matter at all to him that Rey's Luke and Leia weren't--technically--his. They were all his, and he would mourn them for the rest of his life.

He closed his eyes so Rey couldn't see the tears.

[thatwaslucky]

For a long while she just stayed there. It was just a lot.

"We'll be okay," she said, when she knew she could.

[sith_happened]

"But not today," Anakin said, just in case Rey needed to hear that.

[thatwaslucky]

She choked out a little laugh. "That wouldn't be possible."

[sith_happened]

Anakin patted her back. "Not remotely," he agreed.

[thatwaslucky]

"Are you good right now?" Rey checked.

[sith_happened]

"My daughter's gone," Anakin said quietly. "I'll never be entirely good again."

[thatwaslucky]

"I know. I'm sorry," she said.

[sith_happened]

"I know how much she meant to you, too," Anakin said. "I'm not the only one hurting."

[thatwaslucky]

"You could say that." It wasn't something she'd ever actually voiced, but she'd seen Leia as a mother to her, and while Leia never voiced it either, Rey was pretty sure she'd felt the same way.

[sith_happened]

Anakin kept his hand on her back, sending another little wave of comfort.

[thatwaslucky]

"It will be okay," she told him. "Tomorrow I get to work, and I start helping people. It's what she would do."

What would Leia do had been the big decision-maker for her and Poe for a very long time.

[sith_happened]

"It's not a bad legacy to leave behind," Anakin said quietly. "So. Palpatine. Are you ready to talk about that yet?"

[thatwaslucky]

"It might depend on which part we're talking about," she considered.

[sith_happened]

"Whatever part you're ready for," he said.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey paused. "Is there a part you want to ask about?"

Maybe she could go from there.

[sith_happened]

"My brain is made entirely of question marks about it," Anakin admitted. "How did you know to track him to Exegol?"

[thatwaslucky]

"We had a spy who mentioned it, and Luke's texts talked about it. That led me on a search for a Sith wayfinder," Rey said, sitting back down. "I ended up on the second Death Star."

[sith_happened]

"I don't have fond memories of that place," Anakin said. "Did it land on Endor?"

[thatwaslucky]

"One of the moons. It's largely underwater now," she said. "I had to climb my way to the Vaults."

[sith_happened]

Anakin made a face. "You'd think blowing the entire thing to hell would've destroyed it enough."

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a shell now," she told him. "I was in the throne room."

[sith_happened]

"I do not have happy memories there."