[ he wouldn't approve - but neither would he blame her. this isn't their galaxy and it isn't a place in which he knows what sides to choose just yet. ]
bartender. so if you ever stop by shades darker, I can probably get you a beer or two
[ mostly because he can't sit still right now and neither can bb-8. so when she arrives, poe will be leaning against the wall to his temporary home, and bb-8 will be rolling back and forth, beeping excitedly the whole time. ]
[ it doesn't take her long to arrive, as mildly disheveled as ever. if she feels any awkwardness over seeing poe after the...escalation of their drinks, she shows no sign of it. her expression remains neutral apart from a keen arch of her brows, eyes keen on the droid. ]
A droid.
[ her voice lifts at the end, questioning. she imagines poe will explain its significance. ]
BB-8. [ poe responds immediately, his grin wide and surely enough indication that no matter what bb-8's significance, the droid means the world to poe. ]
BB-8, this is Jyn. [ he introduces, and bb rolls over and beeps at jyn repeatedly, tone curious and excited. nice to meet her, and all that. there's a lot about her in his databases. (poe winces a little as bb-8 beeps that, but it's quickly gone again; he just remembered her initial reaction at him knowing about her.) ]
BB's gotten me out of more than one sticky situation.
[ jyn can manage in binary, so she catches the reference, eyebrows arching mildly. her rage has cooled on the subject, but her discomfort remains. however, it's different hearing the ostensibly objective voice of a droid on the matter. more final, somehow.
she isn't ready to face what jyn erso has done, not yet. she returns poe's smile hesitantly, overcoming her inherent struggle with the gap in time between them. ]
Hello, BB-8. [ she squats to get a better look at him, seeing as he isn't a recognizable model. ] Astromech?
[ from the sound of it, he's flown with her flyboy. ]
[ she squats down and bb-8 rolls closer and then rocks back and force on the spot, chattering along all the while: that she's right, he's an astromech, about how many missions he's flown with poe, about that time he met r2-d2, maybe that's a model she knows?
poe watches, the expression on his face one of utter fondness. he's missed bb-8 more than he tried to let on. ]
[ she recognizes the model, having seen it all over the galaxy, but the D2 specification rings familiar as well. there was a droid by that designation on the rebel base. huh. the surprise registers on her face in a lift of her brows. ]
I might've met that Artoo model, too. Are they your friend?
[ friend, because droids can feel as much as anything else. ]
[ the next series of beeps is almost affronted in tone because r2-d2 is asleep or powered down and what droid does that and bb-8 has tried talking to r2 but r2 didn't answer.
poe, meanwhile, catches that friend and he's glad for it. jyn's a better person than she gives herself credit for, if you ask him. ]
[ that is unusual, but what's more unusual is keeping a powered down droid, when it would normally go to the scrap heap. she directs her next question at poe, tipping her chin up. ]
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[ easier to lead with that than "did you hear sometimes people go back into the pods?" or "so, about that time in the red light district..." ]
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yes.
courier.
you?
[ courier is left vague because she isn't sure if poe would approve of its meaning: thief for hire. ]
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bartender. so if you ever stop by shades darker, I can probably get you a beer or two
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sometimes i deliver for koralle, too.
i'll take you up on that.
do you ever leave the bar?
[ equal parts nosy and cheeky about whether poe is engaging in sex work. ]
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[ but not in the way she's thinking ]
i don't work 24/7
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i work odd hours.
but i'll be around.
did you receive any new items from the orbiters?
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there's someone i want you to meet
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when should i meet them?
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[ she's already swinging her bag over her shoulder. ]
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[ mostly because he can't sit still right now and neither can bb-8. so when she arrives, poe will be leaning against the wall to his temporary home, and bb-8 will be rolling back and forth, beeping excitedly the whole time. ]
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A droid.
[ her voice lifts at the end, questioning. she imagines poe will explain its significance. ]
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BB-8, this is Jyn. [ he introduces, and bb rolls over and beeps at jyn repeatedly, tone curious and excited. nice to meet her, and all that. there's a lot about her in his databases. (poe winces a little as bb-8 beeps that, but it's quickly gone again; he just remembered her initial reaction at him knowing about her.) ]
BB's gotten me out of more than one sticky situation.
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she isn't ready to face what jyn erso has done, not yet. she returns poe's smile hesitantly, overcoming her inherent struggle with the gap in time between them. ]
Hello, BB-8. [ she squats to get a better look at him, seeing as he isn't a recognizable model. ] Astromech?
[ from the sound of it, he's flown with her flyboy. ]
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poe watches, the expression on his face one of utter fondness. he's missed bb-8 more than he tried to let on. ]
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I might've met that Artoo model, too. Are they your friend?
[ friend, because droids can feel as much as anything else. ]
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poe, meanwhile, catches that friend and he's glad for it. jyn's a better person than she gives herself credit for, if you ask him. ]
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[ that is unusual, but what's more unusual is keeping a powered down droid, when it would normally go to the scrap heap. she directs her next question at poe, tipping her chin up. ]
Is the droid important?
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[ she probably doesn't, but she's not sure. and there's a point to the question, even if it might seem like a non-sequitur. ]
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Never heard of him.
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[ her mother's words. chirrut's beliefs — they meant something real. ]
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[ she gets excited over the mention of the jedi, his own expression grows just a little more starry-eyed when he mentions general organa. ]