It was. The moment she had asked to talk to him further, though, they were bound to run into certain unusual stumbling blocks in their conversation. He didn’t want to spend a lot of time talking about something she already knew. There was also, for him, consideration about what an older version of himself might not want her to know. Especially if, as she had said, they weren’t all that close.
“I never though I’d be old.” He says with a smirk and a shrug. “Much less old and happy.” That he was so quick to admit that might say more about the way he grew up and how he saw his life unfolding than an anecdote about his teenage years ever could. Even in his early twenties, Han Solo must have not thought he wouldn’t live a very long life. Was it sad that he thought that? He wouldn’t say so if he was asked. He’d call it ‘pragmatic’.
“Does being a princess put you in a position to meet lots of smugglers, Leia?” He teased gently. “And that ship he loves. It’s a YT-1300, right?”
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“I never though I’d be old.” He says with a smirk and a shrug. “Much less old and happy.” That he was so quick to admit that might say more about the way he grew up and how he saw his life unfolding than an anecdote about his teenage years ever could. Even in his early twenties, Han Solo must have not thought he wouldn’t live a very long life. Was it sad that he thought that? He wouldn’t say so if he was asked. He’d call it ‘pragmatic’.
“Does being a princess put you in a position to meet lots of smugglers, Leia?” He teased gently. “And that ship he loves. It’s a YT-1300, right?”