[ It's too flippant for how the chill has remained with her. Not even Ahch-To had left her prone to violent shivering on its stormy, wet nights — but she doesn't want to delve further into it. The simplest justification is the easier one to accept as a truth.
Anything less would mean there's something very, terribly wrong with her that she can't pinpoint. Something that has left her sensitive to light, to sound, and prone to shaking out of her skin in search of heat.
To say nothing of the burn in her gums, worse now that he's settled closer. For a long moment, she almost looks like a wary animal poised to pounce. Her hands clench in the blankets instead, settling a layer down on the floor to guard her back against the boards there.
Unceremoniously, she flops back down. ]
Like I told you.
[ In the space between their makeshift beds, she extends her fingertips and lets them linger there against the cold floor, as if inviting him to see for himself without bringing herself to welcome it aloud. ]
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[ It's too flippant for how the chill has remained with her. Not even Ahch-To had left her prone to violent shivering on its stormy, wet nights — but she doesn't want to delve further into it. The simplest justification is the easier one to accept as a truth.
Anything less would mean there's something very, terribly wrong with her that she can't pinpoint. Something that has left her sensitive to light, to sound, and prone to shaking out of her skin in search of heat.
To say nothing of the burn in her gums, worse now that he's settled closer. For a long moment, she almost looks like a wary animal poised to pounce. Her hands clench in the blankets instead, settling a layer down on the floor to guard her back against the boards there.
Unceremoniously, she flops back down. ]
Like I told you.
[ In the space between their makeshift beds, she extends her fingertips and lets them linger there against the cold floor, as if inviting him to see for himself without bringing herself to welcome it aloud. ]