"No. I said you," Ben insisted, forcing himself to meet her gaze, her eyes swimming with tears. "You are not dead, Rey. That much, I know. As for myself."
He lifted his hands in a helpless shrug. The waitress, with perhaps the universe's worst timing, chose that moment to bring them their plates.
"I don't know that it matters," Ben said, offering the waitress a tight-lipped smile, one that communicated quite clearly that he didn't care for her to linger.
"It seems that we can be in two places at once. The way I understand it, whatever is happening in our world continues on without us," he said, pushing the plate of bacon towards her.
He felt perched on the edge of a knife.
"We're stuck here, for now. Neither of us want to be, but I... I have to believe that the choices we made... I have to believe that those last few moments weren't for nothing. Otherwise, it all comes crashing down and I—"
His jaw clenched. Their eggs were getting cold.
"I'm trying very hard to keep that from happening."
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He lifted his hands in a helpless shrug. The waitress, with perhaps the universe's worst timing, chose that moment to bring them their plates.
"I don't know that it matters," Ben said, offering the waitress a tight-lipped smile, one that communicated quite clearly that he didn't care for her to linger.
"It seems that we can be in two places at once. The way I understand it, whatever is happening in our world continues on without us," he said, pushing the plate of bacon towards her.
He felt perched on the edge of a knife.
"We're stuck here, for now. Neither of us want to be, but I... I have to believe that the choices we made... I have to believe that those last few moments weren't for nothing. Otherwise, it all comes crashing down and I—"
His jaw clenched. Their eggs were getting cold.
"I'm trying very hard to keep that from happening."