[ oh, yeah, it's definitely feeling like swinging now. not exactly, but it's close. that rush is close. she's all smiles at least, even if some of those turns has her reaching to brace herself on the side of the ship. it's hard not to yell a little when they come out of a spin or two, the same "woo!" she's voiced more than once while flipping in a free fall between buildings. she's doing her best not to hinder him too much, but she does end up grabbing onto his thigh more than once, when he drops them a little quicker than she's ready for. but again, it's all positive reactions, she's not exactly being subtle about it.
however, she absolutely ends up chewing her lip a bit once he's reaching for her hands, because she knows what he's going to suggest, and it's- intense. it's a lot of responsibility. even knowing that he trusts her with it, and that he's right there with his hands near hers, she still has to take a steadying breath, focusing up a little more than she was a moment ago when she was just enjoying the ride. she shifts in his lap, squaring her shoulders, and then- squints. purses her lips. a very serious pilot face if there ever was one.
even if bb-8's trills in her headset are still making her smile a little bit, too. ]
You better be ready to take over at any second.
[ like she really needed to say it. either way, she tries to mimic what he was doing before, just in the easy way he tilted the control to take a turn. ] --woh-! Hah! O-kay. [ okay, not that much. super responsive. got it. cool. she's got this.
she doesn't try anything wild, mostly just brings them up higher so she can try for a wide circle, biting her lip the whole way around. she doesn't ask about going faster or slower, because she's more focused on how it feels to just be- controlling it. how it feels to fly. it all feels different now that she's got a say in where they go, the weight of it hitting her a little harder now. it's way too easy how someone could fall in love with this. how poe did, even when he was just a kid. her heart's sort of hammering away in her chest, but she somehow still feels relaxed, in a way. grounded, ironically enough. she wasn't expecting it to hit her in such an emotional way, but maybe she should have.
eventually she turns them around so that they're facing the way they came, using the tops of the very few structures still standing tall to judge where they are. maybe she was paying more attention to the ground under them than she thought. either way, she's very carefully slipping her hands free, letting him take control again. ]
Let's head back.
[ is it weird that she just wants to kiss him now? because that's all she wants to do. ]
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however, she absolutely ends up chewing her lip a bit once he's reaching for her hands, because she knows what he's going to suggest, and it's- intense. it's a lot of responsibility. even knowing that he trusts her with it, and that he's right there with his hands near hers, she still has to take a steadying breath, focusing up a little more than she was a moment ago when she was just enjoying the ride. she shifts in his lap, squaring her shoulders, and then- squints. purses her lips. a very serious pilot face if there ever was one.
even if bb-8's trills in her headset are still making her smile a little bit, too. ]
You better be ready to take over at any second.
[ like she really needed to say it. either way, she tries to mimic what he was doing before, just in the easy way he tilted the control to take a turn. ] --woh-! Hah! O-kay. [ okay, not that much. super responsive. got it. cool. she's got this.
she doesn't try anything wild, mostly just brings them up higher so she can try for a wide circle, biting her lip the whole way around. she doesn't ask about going faster or slower, because she's more focused on how it feels to just be- controlling it. how it feels to fly. it all feels different now that she's got a say in where they go, the weight of it hitting her a little harder now. it's way too easy how someone could fall in love with this. how poe did, even when he was just a kid. her heart's sort of hammering away in her chest, but she somehow still feels relaxed, in a way. grounded, ironically enough. she wasn't expecting it to hit her in such an emotional way, but maybe she should have.
eventually she turns them around so that they're facing the way they came, using the tops of the very few structures still standing tall to judge where they are. maybe she was paying more attention to the ground under them than she thought. either way, she's very carefully slipping her hands free, letting him take control again. ]
Let's head back.
[ is it weird that she just wants to kiss him now? because that's all she wants to do. ]