Good. [ Excuses ain't shit ] They're a waste of time.
[ For a moment, Poe is surprised to hear how much he sounds like his father.
There are worse people to sound like.
He makes a soft, frustrated noise and slings an arm around Finn's shoulders, dragging the younger man over to be given an aggressive noogie. ]
Next time, say that. We would have taken the chance, Finn. I would've backed you up. You were our only shot, whether you'd been with sanitation or engineering. And in the Resistance we do not lie to each other. Got it? We're family. We protect each other. All of us, you and Rey included.
[ He lets Finn go. ] You saved my life.
[ Those four words can't fully convey what Poe means. Finn saved him. A Stormtrooper, someone Poe thought was sent to take out the trash, pulled him out of the stupor of failure and despair and gave him his life back. Someone who grew up with a designation, not a name, under the leadership of a monster capable of tearing minds apart--someone from a place like that proved to Poe in the most dramatic possible way that heroes come from everywhere. ] You saved my life.
[ A small, crooked smile. ] You're a good man. You have to learn to be an honest one. All right?
[ He knows that wouldn't be enough for everyone. He knows he's making a choice for the Resistance as a whole right now, keeping Finn's choice to himself. It doesn't feel good. But he's done more than a few things at this point that haven't felt good. He can live with this. He's not sure it's the right choice, but it's the one he's making. ]
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Excuses ain't shit] They're a waste of time.[ For a moment, Poe is surprised to hear how much he sounds like his father.
There are worse people to sound like.
He makes a soft, frustrated noise and slings an arm around Finn's shoulders, dragging the younger man over to be given an aggressive noogie. ]
Next time, say that. We would have taken the chance, Finn. I would've backed you up. You were our only shot, whether you'd been with sanitation or engineering. And in the Resistance we do not lie to each other. Got it? We're family. We protect each other. All of us, you and Rey included.
[ He lets Finn go. ] You saved my life.
[ Those four words can't fully convey what Poe means. Finn saved him. A Stormtrooper, someone Poe thought was sent to take out the trash, pulled him out of the stupor of failure and despair and gave him his life back. Someone who grew up with a designation, not a name, under the leadership of a monster capable of tearing minds apart--someone from a place like that proved to Poe in the most dramatic possible way that heroes come from everywhere. ] You saved my life.
[ A small, crooked smile. ] You're a good man. You have to learn to be an honest one. All right?
[ He knows that wouldn't be enough for everyone. He knows he's making a choice for the Resistance as a whole right now, keeping Finn's choice to himself. It doesn't feel good. But he's done more than a few things at this point that haven't felt good. He can live with this. He's not sure it's the right choice, but it's the one he's making. ]