[ Her heartbeat picks up, fluttering in her ribcage, as she follows his fingers to her wrists. The makeshift binders have done their share of damage, chafing the skin until it is red and raw beneath the wrappings he carefully untangles.
He's a fool. She would be a greater fool to act on impulse and reach for the lightsaber still buried within her cloak. If nothing else, he has done her the favor of wanting her to be awake before he tried to touch her. Waiting for an opportune moment is wiser.
Rey says nothing, though a flash of pain does spike between them as the weight of her arm drops — heavy from being in one position, sore from all of her thrashing. It jostles her shoulder again, an agonizing burst of pain, but she gives no voice to it beyond a grunt — even as fresh tears threaten to spring to her eyes, turning them glossy.
They never fall. Tears had never gotten her anywhere, after all. Instead, she focuses on drawing her arm back to her, watching him all the while to ensure it isn't a greater trick than it already is for his attempts to provoke her into action, observing him like an animal distrusting the hunter that had locked it in a cage and now thinks to free it. ]
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He's a fool. She would be a greater fool to act on impulse and reach for the lightsaber still buried within her cloak. If nothing else, he has done her the favor of wanting her to be awake before he tried to touch her. Waiting for an opportune moment is wiser.
Rey says nothing, though a flash of pain does spike between them as the weight of her arm drops — heavy from being in one position, sore from all of her thrashing. It jostles her shoulder again, an agonizing burst of pain, but she gives no voice to it beyond a grunt — even as fresh tears threaten to spring to her eyes, turning them glossy.
They never fall. Tears had never gotten her anywhere, after all. Instead, she focuses on drawing her arm back to her, watching him all the while to ensure it isn't a greater trick than it already is for his attempts to provoke her into action, observing him like an animal distrusting the hunter that had locked it in a cage and now thinks to free it. ]