He’s not sure that he needed to explain his joke or not, but he felt like it was a clever thing to say. And Han was alright with calling attention to the fact that he can be smart in front of her. He wanted to impress Leia as badly as he’d ever wanted to impress anyone.
If she happens to be looking at Han, the moment she asks her question, the young man winces. It hadn’t even dawned in him how that might sound to her. “It’s not like that.” He says, shaking his head. “I grew up on the streets, Leia. I spent about as many years having to sleep on a padded roll on the ground as I have in a real bed. You just get in the habit of looking for places you might need to go ... if things start to go sideways.”
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He’s not sure that he needed to explain his joke or not, but he felt like it was a clever thing to say. And Han was alright with calling attention to the fact that he can be smart in front of her. He wanted to impress Leia as badly as he’d ever wanted to impress anyone.
If she happens to be looking at Han, the moment she asks her question, the young man winces. It hadn’t even dawned in him how that might sound to her. “It’s not like that.” He says, shaking his head. “I grew up on the streets, Leia. I spent about as many years having to sleep on a padded roll on the ground as I have in a real bed. You just get in the habit of looking for places you might need to go ... if things start to go sideways.”