[She perks up, like a pet hearing the the diner bell ring. Anything that could get her a step closer to her last remaining parent is something she wants to hold on to like a treasure. A vulnerability crosses her face, hope in her eyes. For all she wants to act tough, part of her still is just a scared kid pushed far out of her depth.]
Really? If you can do that I'd owe ya everythin' and more.
[She pulls the piece of metal from her pocket, the one she'd taken from the prison post those months ago. She's tried to sharpen one end of it, wrapped cloth around the other to keep from cutting herself. She shows it off a moment before hiding it back in her vest again.]
And I know how to run and hide, when I have to. I didn't live this long out in the Zone's by bein' stupid Leia. I've had worse than people tryin' to sell me. [Because everything and more always holds true for family, she softens her tone and keeps going.] It doesn't matter if somethin' happens while I'm gettin' to him, anyway. He didn't let fear stop him. I can't let it stop me either.
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Really? If you can do that I'd owe ya everythin' and more.
[She pulls the piece of metal from her pocket, the one she'd taken from the prison post those months ago. She's tried to sharpen one end of it, wrapped cloth around the other to keep from cutting herself. She shows it off a moment before hiding it back in her vest again.]
And I know how to run and hide, when I have to. I didn't live this long out in the Zone's by bein' stupid Leia. I've had worse than people tryin' to sell me.
[Because everything and more always holds true for family, she softens her tone and keeps going.] It doesn't matter if somethin' happens while I'm gettin' to him, anyway. He didn't let fear stop him. I can't let it stop me either.