[ Rey is feeling slightly more optimistic now that she's said the difficult thing out loud without bursting into flames or something equally dramatic. Food is helping. ]

I don't expect anyone to outright curse my existence, really. I just don't want to be looked at any differently than before.

[ It's not as bad in some ways, here. She's not the only Force user she knows, and she's not being held onto as a last hope for her side in this war. She imagines if people back home knew it could get more complicated; there were those among the Resistance who sometimes glanced at her with a wary eye because they didn't understand the Force. Even Poe, who'd spent enough time around her to know her reasonably well, still seemed to bristle at her Force training instead of just coming out to fight. ]

Leia kept it a secret a long time, you know. About her and Vader. From what I understand it was difficult for her when people learned.