[ Honestly, that's exactly what Finn took from the statement, and he shakes his head as if to try building an argument. The Force wouldn't create more of an illusion, it would be real. He knows it. Knows this more than he's known anything.
But James doesn't. And a rational part of Finn knows that... James has no reason to. That doesn't make this hurt less.
It takes him a moment to find the words, to settle his thoughts, because that sounds an awful lot like James doesn't trust him. James can't just say he does and take it back in the same breath. But what's Finn supposed to do? Promise nothing bad will happen? Give in and take the rations from someone else? ]
It's not.
[ Again, the worth of his life, it's the first thing that he feels like he has to rebuke in a quiet, hurt voice. After a beat between them where Finn seems more stunned than anything, he looks down to their hands and gently takes his away before looking back to Jim's eyes. He appears more sure now but the expression's fragile, everything he feels beneath a very thin veil. ]
I won't take something I don't need from someone who does. This will work... I have to do this. I'm sorry.
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But James doesn't. And a rational part of Finn knows that... James has no reason to. That doesn't make this hurt less.
It takes him a moment to find the words, to settle his thoughts, because that sounds an awful lot like James doesn't trust him. James can't just say he does and take it back in the same breath. But what's Finn supposed to do? Promise nothing bad will happen? Give in and take the rations from someone else? ]
It's not.
[ Again, the worth of his life, it's the first thing that he feels like he has to rebuke in a quiet, hurt voice. After a beat between them where Finn seems more stunned than anything, he looks down to their hands and gently takes his away before looking back to Jim's eyes. He appears more sure now but the expression's fragile, everything he feels beneath a very thin veil. ]
I won't take something I don't need from someone who does. This will work... I have to do this. I'm sorry.