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[ 1 | Like a week before everyone finds out they're going to Jhashch:]

hey, what kind of stuff have you guys seen? anything photo worthy?? i wanna see your pics!

[ 2 | And like an hour later, he adds another message. Yes, these are technically separate posts.]

quick question!!
where are you guys from?
bonus points if it isn't earth (but earth is ok too obv!)

[ 3 | And then again, though this one is at least a few days later:]

ssssssssooo
informal poll time!
is it normal for people not to remember joining cost
i mean like
do you remember?

jw bc i've met a LOT of people who don't remember

[ 4 | And at some even later point:]

OMG LOOK

[ATTACHMENT: LOOK.png] [Pretend the background to that photo is more BASE appropriate.]

SHE'S SO CUTE
WHAT DO I DO???>>
😩😩😩😩
someone help how do you take care of a chocobo in omnispace

[I'm sorry for everything.]

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[He gives Rey a crooked smile, more abashed by her not taking the opportunity to drag the shit out of him.]

Yeah, I will! It's not like I want to get hurt or anything. I guess I just think...once it's gone, it's gone.

[He chews his lip, thinking of Rey's description of the Crackle and how it reminds him of the Rock of Ravatogh. Of permanent fixtures in the landscape that make for once in a lifetime experiences, that take your breath away once you get to the top despite the danger—or because of it.]

It's the kind of thing I would have missed out on as a kid. [He shrugs a little, not looking her in the eye and bouncing one knee to the chocochick's suspicion.]

[garbagepilot]

[She hasn't spent enough time around people to be able to identify a bouncing knee as a sign of anxiety, but the way he won't look at her tells her there's something... off, about whatever he means by that. It's something more, and she can't help wondering if a missed childhood is something they have in common.

She'll never know if she doesn't open herself up, and as unfamiliar with this sort of thing as she is, she wants to try. She doesn't know what's waiting for her at home, what her role in the future of the Jedi and the Force is, but she knows she needs to learn how to be more than she is now.

There's a bit of a hesitation, but eventually she reaches out, brushing her fingertips over the back of his hand before giving it a slightly awkward pat.]

I missed out on those things too.

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[His eyes flick down to her hand, surprised, and then back up at her face. Still distinctly embarrassed, but over that he's earnest and questioning, like he's trying to decipher what she means without asking.]

No kidding? Never would have guessed.

[Rey is just so many things Prompto is not; he isn't certain or independent or strong. And while sometimes he relaxes enough to forget about it, he feels worlds away from other people. Literally and metaphorically, when it comes to recruits in COST.]

I guess maybe 'cause you don't strike me as the type to let anything stop you.