How am I supposed to sleep after watching Vel cradle Kleya's rain-soaked face in her hands??
How am I supposed to close my eyes and ask my brain to quiet down when literally all I can think about is the tenderness? the relief? the fact that Kleya doesn't really know where she is and she's so disoriented after watching everything she built with Luthen go up in smoke that she doesn't have an exit strategy this time--but Vel reassures her that it's okay because she's with 'friends'?? A phrase they've always used to identify allies. Assets. But true friends--she's never had before. Not till now?!!
And Kleya's tiny smile as she gazes out at Yavin--still unfinished but full of hope??
Like--who can sleep when Vel and Kleya are literally both alive and right at the start of it all?!!!!
