[ That — isn't the reaction she had anticipated. It does something strange to her insides that she can't identify, gut twisting and clenching with the warmth the sight inspires. Exasperated as she is by this line of questioning and the implications therein, he hasn't looked quite so weightless for some time. ]
He wasn't going to use them.
[ She points out, very helpfully. Clearly that must mean it wasn't stealing in Rey's book ??? ?? Meanwhile, her fingers find his mouth, sweeping over the shape of it, and follow the contour of his cheekbone upward to graze beneath his eye. ]
I did the right thing.
[ Whether she's trying to convince herself or Ben is anyone's guess. Still, it had felt right. Still feels right, in fact. ]
don't lie to me
He wasn't going to use them.
[ She points out, very helpfully. Clearly that must mean it wasn't stealing in Rey's book ??? ?? Meanwhile, her fingers find his mouth, sweeping over the shape of it, and follow the contour of his cheekbone upward to graze beneath his eye. ]
I did the right thing.
[ Whether she's trying to convince herself or Ben is anyone's guess. Still, it had felt right. Still feels right, in fact. ]