[He totally gets that honestly. Because his first reaction to finding out who his dad is was probably pretty similar. Though odds of her grandfather randomly bursting into flames probably pretty low. They're never that lucky.]
You're probably right.
[Though he's not exactly pleased by this. More so annoyed. They'll want their help, what they can do, but also apparently be really, really awkward about the fact that they can do it. Make up their minds.
Maybe it's part of why he ends up a grumpy old hermit. Maybe best not to think about this too much.]
Maybe not there then. But things are different here.
[Anyone who can't tell that Rey is nothing like her grandfather is a lost cause as far as Luke is concerned. So he's not going to worry about them too much.]
[ She munches on her pastry and sips her tea thoughtfully for a minute. It might be best to leave this one alone, but--]
Have you talked to Kylo any more?
[ If she and Kylo can work out some of their problems, surely Luke could manage it as well? It would be more harmonious for her, at the very least, if she weren't tethered and forcebonded to people with such tension between them, and she didn't ever want to be forced to choose a side if it came to that. ]
[Not the change in conversation he'd been expecting, so he looks confused for a minute before looking sheepish.]
No, not really.
[But to try and salvage things.]
I just thought he'd need a bit more time or something, I don't know. I don't want to force anything with him.
[Getting to know his nephew would be nice, but he's aware that he fucked up a lot in the future. More so than with Kylo than with Rey even and Rey hadn't exactly been overjoyed when she'd found out his identity either.]
[ It hadn't felt like a sudden change in her head, only because she had Kylo had been on such tenuous ground after their prior conversation when she'd revealed her tether choice. And with Vader stressing the importance of family connection -- it seemed like something they ought to all sit down and sort out with one another. ]
I don't know if he'll ever approach you on his own, honestly. He didn't respond especially well to learning I'd tethered to you.
[ She's still not actually sure where they stand on that matter, honestly. Kylo had put aside his anger long enough to treat her kindly, but she's not sure that'll be the case now that she's not at risk of wandering off into the forest in a traumatized daze. ]
[Luke, who'd... mostly forgotten Kylo was even here with everything that's been going on. Not guilty exactly, but uh...avoidant absolutely. But not the point that he'd outright deny anything if asked about it.]
I mean, from what little I've heard about things I'm not really sure I blame him. I wouldn't want to talk to me if I was him. You almost didn't at first either, it felt like.
[An uphill struggle, this. Dealing with the many screw ups and just general wrong-ness of his future self. But it's not like he can avoid them forever at this rate. Plus, maybe it'll help him avoid the same pitfalls when he actually gets older.]
But if you want me to talk to him sometime. I can try.
[ Rey's largely come to see this Luke and the other one as entirely different people, not least because she's fairly determined to make sure this one doesn't go back to his time and repeat the same mistakes. It might not change things for her or Kylo, but maybe there's another version of them somehow, who won't be hurt. ]
I was angry with you back home, and upset with myself for the way things turned out. But you're not that person. I think you should try, for both of your sakes."
[ If this place was good for only one thing, it would be the second chances it had given all of them. Rey doesn't want to see any one of them waste it. ]
[Well, good. Because that's how he'd prefer it. Old grumpy hermit Luke is clearly.. a weird hidden sibling or something. Maybe he and Leia are secretly triplets? Yeah. Though making sure he doesn't make the same errors just in case is probably for the best.]
You're right. I'll see if I can't come up with something, it just might take some time.
[After which he'll fail and then resort to 'for Rey's sake we need to talk and at least try to get along'. But she doesn't need to know that. Yet.]
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You're probably right.
[Though he's not exactly pleased by this. More so annoyed. They'll want their help, what they can do, but also apparently be really, really awkward about the fact that they can do it. Make up their minds.
Maybe it's part of why he ends up a grumpy old hermit. Maybe best not to think about this too much.]
Maybe not there then. But things are different here.
[Anyone who can't tell that Rey is nothing like her grandfather is a lost cause as far as Luke is concerned. So he's not going to worry about them too much.]
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[ She munches on her pastry and sips her tea thoughtfully for a minute. It might be best to leave this one alone, but--]
Have you talked to Kylo any more?
[ If she and Kylo can work out some of their problems, surely Luke could manage it as well? It would be more harmonious for her, at the very least, if she weren't tethered and forcebonded to people with such tension between them, and she didn't ever want to be forced to choose a side if it came to that. ]
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No, not really.
[But to try and salvage things.]
I just thought he'd need a bit more time or something, I don't know. I don't want to force anything with him.
[Getting to know his nephew would be nice, but he's aware that he fucked up a lot in the future. More so than with Kylo than with Rey even and Rey hadn't exactly been overjoyed when she'd found out his identity either.]
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I don't know if he'll ever approach you on his own, honestly. He didn't respond especially well to learning I'd tethered to you.
[ She's still not actually sure where they stand on that matter, honestly. Kylo had put aside his anger long enough to treat her kindly, but she's not sure that'll be the case now that she's not at risk of wandering off into the forest in a traumatized daze. ]
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I mean, from what little I've heard about things I'm not really sure I blame him. I wouldn't want to talk to me if I was him. You almost didn't at first either, it felt like.
[An uphill struggle, this. Dealing with the many screw ups and just general wrong-ness of his future self. But it's not like he can avoid them forever at this rate. Plus, maybe it'll help him avoid the same pitfalls when he actually gets older.]
But if you want me to talk to him sometime. I can try.
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I was angry with you back home, and upset with myself for the way things turned out. But you're not that person. I think you should try, for both of your sakes."
[ If this place was good for only one thing, it would be the second chances it had given all of them. Rey doesn't want to see any one of them waste it. ]
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You're right. I'll see if I can't come up with something, it just might take some time.
[After which he'll fail and then resort to 'for Rey's sake we need to talk and at least try to get along'. But she doesn't need to know that. Yet.]