! YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT.

‘ oh ,   okay .   okayokayokay .      you wanna   ---   you wanna take this outside ?   you wanna   go ?   oh ,   see ,   i  get  it .   you think just ‘cause me’n’poe are   friends   ---   naw .   nuh - uh .   let’s go ,   droid ,   you and me .’      [ @astrmech ,   move ! ]

‘ what  the   ---   octuplets ?   really ? ’      comes his disbelieving whisper ,   hands already working at the lock on the door with what precious time they’ve bought.   it opens with a   hiss !   and he turns ,   troopers blasters pointed square at him ,   and raises his own with impressive speed ;   two shots down ,   troopers a heap on the floor !      ‘sorry ,   fellas .   c’mon ,   kirk ,   let’s   go !’

brows  furrow ,   words  heavy  in  the  air .      he’s right ,   he thinks.   he wishes it weren’t so.      ‘yeah .   yeah ,   i guess so ,   yeah .   s’just   ---   y’know ,   it’s   ---   a   habit.   the person i was before all this   ---   ?   i don’t wanna go back to that.   ever.’