Magnetized by KathysWizards - Chapter 15 on AO3
“We need droid parts,” Rey said.
“We don’t even have a droid,” Ben pointed out.
“That’s why we need parts.”
He eyed her. The argument was growing circular. With Rey, it often did.
She grabbed his hand. “She’s trapped in there and we gotta get her out,” she said in a rush.
Alarm spiked through him. “Wait. Who’s trapped in where?”
“L3. In the Falcon’s navicomputer.”
All the time she’d been spending in the circuitry bay began to make sense. His alarm found a different source. “What have you been doing?”
“Just talking! She used to be a real droid. Something happened. Next thing she knew she was in the Falcon. She wanted droids to be free and now she’s a slave.” Rey hissed the word with loathing. “She’s been in there forever and ever and she hates it.” She took his hand in both hers, desperately earnest. “That’s why we have to get her out.”
“Rey, without a navicomputer—”
“We talked about that. She can still navigate. It’ll be better. She can help us do lots of stuff.”
He thought of his father’s mutters about all the squabbling between the Falcon’s droid brains and wondered if there was an instigator.
“Do you even know how to build a droid?” He realized with perfect clarity that his protests were getting weaker.
Scenting blood, she pounced. “L3 said she can help us.”
