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[jakkuorphan]

You should ashamed, Ben. What would your grandfather say?

Your mother is the exception... romantic choice notwithstanding

[greyorder]

That I should avoid you because you come from a planet rich in his sworn enemy: sand.

I will never understand why or how my parents' relationship started or works. But it did give me a front row seat to their fights growing up, so it wasn't all bad.

[jakkuorphan]

Of course he would. I'm a bad influence. You might start having pro-sand thoughts.

I asked Poe about it, why something like that would work. He just said love is weird.

[greyorder]

That will truly be the sign I have returned to the Dark Side in full. Even Vader at his worst understood the evils of sand.

That explains why droid-human marriages are legal in the Outer Rim, I suppose. But I'm very glad Jedi aren't supposed to form attachments, because it seems like a lot of hassle for the relatively small payoff of having someone to cuddle at night.

[jakkuorphan]

Well he had mechanical bits at the end. Sand is just terrible on moving parts.

It's not that small... It's nice to feel someone close.

[greyorder]

Wait, by that logic, how did anything on Jakku manage not to be too damaged to salvage?

I'll take your word for it. I suppose I wouldn't know, having never been in such a position myself.

[jakkuorphan]

...We cleaned them, Ben.

The texts say we shouldn't, the old Jedi Order says we shouldn't have attachments but I don't think I could do that.

[greyorder]

Don't take that tone with me. I don't know how deserts work. Now, snow, I know all about. I am stronger in the Light Side when around snow and also, you can throw snowballs with the Force.

I doubt if I will ever have this particular problem to deal with. Can you imagine anyone wanting to be with the former Kylo Ren? No one even wanted to be with me back when my only sin was being Vader's grandson.

But I could see it working out for you. You're too stubborn to accept defeat.

[jakkuorphan]

You do know how cleaning work though, don't you? Get's all the nasty bits out of the sensitive mechanical parts. Quite useful actually.

[ why yes, she is getting a lot of joy out of bothering him. ]

I find that hard to believe. You're not so bad to look at and you can be funny when you're not asking how to clean parts.

[greyorder]

Somewhat. I was banned from cleaning both at Luke's and in the First Order for two incidents involving bleach and lightsabers.

There are funnier and better looking people present. Always. I've learned to accept that my job is to be the mildly drunk single person corraling my very drunk romantically inclined friends away from the cantina. And I do that job well.

[jakkuorphan]

Well you have to tell me that story now.

Love and attraction don't make sense, Ben. There's no formula. Certainly funnier and better looking people than you or I exist but it doesn't mean we won't find anyone. It doesn't mean you have to stop looking for it.

Unless you're not interested in it. Of course.

[greyorder]

Under the current statute of limitations as outlined in the Republic penal code, I can't.

I looked for it, alright? I grew tired of being discarded whenever someone with less damage came along, and I have no desire to repeat that experience. I am a passing fad, a brief flight of fancy, never anyone's lasting romantic partner.

It's not about interest. I am apparently just not good enough for anyone.

I would have thought you'd be more happy you've beaten me so soundly at something.

[jakkuorphan]

[ she's going to get that story out of him if it kills her, but she's too preoccupied with his other messages. it takes rey a very, very long time to reply. ]

We're not enemies. Not anymore. I do not enjoy your unhappiness in anything.

We've always been so similar, Ben. Why can't you see that now?

[greyorder]

Then you're wasting a golden opportunity. [Like most of his family, he hides behind snark whenever possible.]

I don't see what our similarities have to do with the rest of this conversation. And I would remind you we are both still quite different. You may not be perfect, but you haven't done what I have, either.

[jakkuorphan]

You can share similarities with someone and not be exactly the same, Ben. We're all different. That's the point of life.

We've all done things we regret, the difference is seeking atonement. Some don't. Your conflicts were exploited, your weaknesses used against you. Anyone could fall to someone preying on you like that.

[greyorder]

There's a point to life?

Is that what you tell yourself when you have nightmares about my strapping you to a table and digging through your mind? And before you object: if we're sleeping at the same time our dreams bleed over via the Force. I know you've had that nightmare at least once.