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“Something’s not right here.” Poe folded his arms and looked at Rey in suspicion.
“What do you mean?” Finn blinked. “It sounds like a solid lead.”
“How does she know all of this? You’re meaning to tell me that ‘The Force Told Her’ and I’m supposed to believe it?”
“What’s so hard to believe about that?” Rey felt her cheeks flushing.
“I’m not stupid, Rey!” Poe shouted. “Leia has connection to the Force. I know she doesn’t choose to use the same way you do, but she has it. If that’s the answer, then why have we struggled so hard in the past and now it’s all smooth as butter? We’re getting set up, I can feel it in my bones.”
Rey looked over at Leia, wondering if she too was questioning where Rey was getting all the intel on how to dismantle the First Order. At what point were they going to consider her treasonous? Try her and execute her like burning a witch at the stake?
Leia’s eyes met Rey’s, and in that one look, Rey learned something. Leia knew. Leia’s eyebrow raised, saying in that one facial movement, “You think I can’t feel my son?”
Rey swallowed and cocked her head, trying to silently convey to Leia, “Do you trust him? Do you trust me?”
There wasn’t even a beat before the answer came in the form of Leia closing her eyes and giving Rey a small nod before turning to Poe. “You are right, I have a connection to the Force. The intel is good, Dameron. Proceed. This is going to be one of the most pivotal moments to winning the war. I don’t want you or anyone else doubting this. There’s no room for error because you’re looking for reasons not to trust this. Do I need to have someone else lead this mission? This is not the time for any flyboy moments. We cannot have you going rogue like you did with the bombers.”
Poe went white and he swallowed. “No, General. I can do this.”
“Good. Because you’re the best we have. Finn, you will go with him and make sure we execute as planned. Exactly. As. Planned.”
“Yes ma’am.”
Rey let out a breath of relief. Because this wasn’t just any mission. It was The Mission. The one where Kylo Ren was going to be defeated by the Jedi of the Resistance, and the one where she brought home Ben Solo.
There was no room for error. No room for mistrust and Poe poking his nose where it didn’t belong. If they failed, the Resistance would lose more than the skirmish - they would lose their Jedi.
Because if it came down to it, she would steal Ben and disappear forever. There was simply no other future for Rey that didn’t have Ben in it.