[ It's the first time she doesn't like to see him smile. It's such a rarity, most of them only half-measures. But this one sits wrong in her chest. Rey stills. ]
What do you mean?
[ Because it sounds a lot like he's throwing it back in her face and telling her that she is holding people at a distance, afraid they'll leave like her parents did. Which would be ridiculous. She doesn't. She has people now. Maybe it takes her time, maybe she seldom lets them all the way in, the way she has let Ben in, but she has them. ]
no subject
What do you mean?
[ Because it sounds a lot like he's throwing it back in her face and telling her that she is holding people at a distance, afraid they'll leave like her parents did. Which would be ridiculous. She doesn't. She has people now. Maybe it takes her time, maybe she seldom lets them all the way in, the way she has let Ben in, but she has them. ]