The Marriage Rites of the Jedi [closed to niteofren]

[girlandherstaff]

There is a level of awareness that Rey has regarding her lack of guilt for stealing the sacred Jedi Texts from their generations old home on the island. That being said, it's often dulled by the knowledge of Master Skywalker's insistence that there was no more need for the Jedi when she knew that there was, or at least was incredibly sure that there was.

She had made an attempt or two to read through the old texts, but they were not exactly what could be called page turners, and the heavy going dry information was made only worse by the fact that age had dulled the appearance of the text, making it hard to make out what was actually written. That was the main reason she was so sure she had gotten it wrong. After all, everyone knew that the Jedi never married, so why would there be mention of marriage rites in theirs texts?

But they were there and that sinking feeling in her stomach made it clear to her that no, she wasn't misreading. If this was right...

Did he know? He had read these, hadn't he? Or, at least the Histories? Could that be why he made that offer?

Rey had thought that reading the texts would help clear her confusion, but now she felt more confused than ever

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[girlandherstaff]

"Yeah," she gave a tight smile. Rey knew that one well enough from her own scars. All gotten from a life on Jakku, none had stories worth sharing with anyone.

[niteofren]

He shrugged. The problem was that most of Kylo's scars were the kind he wanted to hide the stories if he couldn't just forget them. Sometimes he wondered what his family would have said if they knew. Then again, they hadn't cared when he was still with them. Why would they care about anything after they got rid of him?

[girlandherstaff]

They would care, of course they would. Han had let himself be stabbed just because he thought it might help bring his boy home. Of course they would care, Rey would tell him

... She wasn't counting Luke's weirdly stubborn stance on his nephew. He had caused enough trouble by making people's decisions for them.

[niteofren]

"What is it, Rey?"

He sighed, looking out one of the view ports. The white lines of hyperspace had a mesmerizing quality.

[girlandherstaff]

"...I think someone's coming."

It wasn't what she intended to say, but it was true. She was staring at something on her side, a noise that she could hear but he couldn't.

And then the Bond cut off