[ She repeats, clearly disapproving. It sounds like it's mostly conjecture on Ben's part, that Luke had taken no strong position either way, but it's the context that perturbs her the most. After they had graduated. ]
That could have taken years.
[ Not only for Ben himself, but the other students involved. It hardly seems fair to her that they would be denied that, expected to set aside all emotional attachments until they were truly prepared. She is too steeped in the connections she has found to think they could be more of a disadvantage than the benefit they have been in all that they've given her. A place where she is, for the most part, accepted. A place where she can do good, and the purpose that comes with it. Reason to fight, when she has only ever served herself, when survival has demanded she be selfish. ]
that's ben solo's permanent expression
[ She repeats, clearly disapproving. It sounds like it's mostly conjecture on Ben's part, that Luke had taken no strong position either way, but it's the context that perturbs her the most. After they had graduated. ]
That could have taken years.
[ Not only for Ben himself, but the other students involved. It hardly seems fair to her that they would be denied that, expected to set aside all emotional attachments until they were truly prepared. She is too steeped in the connections she has found to think they could be more of a disadvantage than the benefit they have been in all that they've given her. A place where she is, for the most part, accepted. A place where she can do good, and the purpose that comes with it. Reason to fight, when she has only ever served herself, when survival has demanded she be selfish. ]