And We Danced (Masquerade Overflow!)

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[passingthrough]

I know some military captains too, Smarty Pants. [Smarty Pants? Well, it felt right in the moment.]

And if I knew the why of it all we'd probably already be out of here or closer to a plan anyway.

[forcesensitive]

[Hey, it's better than Big Deal. (Besides, his pants are smart right now. Poe said he looked smart, so it must be true.)]

Nobody really knows anything, do they? Or we'd have some kind of idea by now.

[passingthrough]

[Poe is wise.]

Right. At least I assume it's right. If someone is hoarding the details they're just hurting themselves.

[forcesensitive]

Yeah, this is something we ought to work together on. You can get a lot more done on a team than by yourself.

--Least, that's what I've always thought.

[passingthrough]

No, I've always thought so too. Or at least I have since I was a teen or so. Before that I was probably too willfully independent to admit such things. [It was easy when you had such a strong support structure to fall back on if you did need someone. Once it's gone...]

I had a team that did exactly that back in my last multidimensional trap.

[forcesensitive]

[What's willful independence? Is it something you eat? It was suppressed so hard in Stormtrooper training that Finn never even had a word for it until it happened to him - and even then his very first move was to seek out someone who could help him. He has a realistic view of the gaps in his own knowledge base.]

Did you figure anything out? That might apply here, I mean.

[passingthrough]

We found out that the deck was stacked against us at every turn, but that was my hypothesis from the beginning.

I think we probably did more good by giving people a sense of purpose than we did by actually accomplishing anything. But there were times we were able to help in emergencies. [That was something. And they all would have helped individually anyway, but they were able to do more organized as a team.]

[forcesensitive]

They gotta protect their investment. [He knows how that goes.]

If you can help--any kind of help--it's worthwhile. Because you never know when the one person you help is going to be the most important person in the whole world.

[passingthrough]

Is that how you see...what was her name? Rey?

[forcesensitive]

She is to me.

[passingthrough]

Does she know how you feel?

[forcesensitive]

[Finn actually pauses to think about it, and without realizing it a soft smile lights up his face.]

I think she does, yeah. Wouldn't mind getting to tell her, though.

[passingthrough]

Oh, you've got it bad. [Watching that expression change.]

[forcesensitive]

[Finn ducks his head, embarrassed, but doesn't deny it.]

Well. Doesn't matter until I get back or she shows up here.

[passingthrough]

[Her expression softens.] I'm sorry you're separated. [That part does take some of the sweetness away. Why's everything always got to be hard?]

[forcesensitive]

I'll see her again some day. I know that much.

[passingthrough]

You sound sure. [She's not sure if that's sweet or naive or just potentially heartbreaking.]

[forcesensitive]

Well. [He smiles sheepishly.] I know it sounds weird, but I believe in it.

[passingthrough]

Is this a force thing? [Because she mostly still doesn't understand that.]

[forcesensitive]

[Maybe.]

More like a believing in your friends thing.

[passingthrough]

You sound like you should make motivational posters for a living. You know, if this whole being abducted thing doesn't work out for you.

[forcesensitive]

[Finn makes a face. The only motivational posters he's familiar with are the "Obey" ones from the First Order.]

Naw, I'd rather be in the action.

[passingthrough]

Are you sure about that? Action can be really overrated.

[forcesensitive]

[Cue a carefully blank look as he remembers the village - which clears to a determined nod when he remembers defending Maz's castle.]

It's what I know best. I'd probably mess up at a desk job.

[passingthrough]

At the very least a desk job sounds painfully boring. I guess I don't know what I want anyway. Probably shouldn't be handing out the advice.