[ For a fleeting moment, right after the Death Star fell, they'd all let themselves feel the victory, maybe all the more strongly because they knew, deep down, that the fight wasn't over. They'd earned a little respite, and they'd taken it, and now they're fighting all the harder to keep it.
Mostly, Han manages to avoid the meetings. Not always. But everyone knows he's better in the air than at a table, so he skates around as many as he can with the excuse of running drills or helping assess new volunteer pilots or just about anything. The difference now is he doesn't even pretend he's thinking of leaving, because he's got a damn good reason to stay.
And that's the other half of what he does-- listen to Leia and try to keep her sane. She's a practical woman in most regards, but sometimes she gets too wrapped up in her work, and Han is pretty sure she could wear herself down to nothing without even noticing.
So he listens, and usually after a while he tries to redirect a little, to wind down. But today she catches him off guard. ]
Enfys Nest, [ he echoes, a little surprised. He hasn't thought of her in years.
It doesn't quite occur to him immediately that it's a little too telling to have heard of her at all. ]
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Mostly, Han manages to avoid the meetings. Not always. But everyone knows he's better in the air than at a table, so he skates around as many as he can with the excuse of running drills or helping assess new volunteer pilots or just about anything. The difference now is he doesn't even pretend he's thinking of leaving, because he's got a damn good reason to stay.
And that's the other half of what he does-- listen to Leia and try to keep her sane. She's a practical woman in most regards, but sometimes she gets too wrapped up in her work, and Han is pretty sure she could wear herself down to nothing without even noticing.
So he listens, and usually after a while he tries to redirect a little, to wind down. But today she catches him off guard. ]
Enfys Nest, [ he echoes, a little surprised. He hasn't thought of her in years.
It doesn't quite occur to him immediately that it's a little too telling to have heard of her at all. ]