There were too many people around for him to really pinpoint what was different about her, to distinguish her from anyone else in terms of the Force, but if nothing else her words had grabbed his entire attention. He watched as she spoke, focusing intently.

He blinked as she stopped, covering her face, and shook his head.

"No, don't," he said softly, forgetting the fact it was probably hard to hear in here. "It's not ridiculous. It's..." He cast about for how to explain. "I mean, it is--I can't imagine anyone wanting to do any of those things to someone like you. But the rest. Sometimes I think I'm an entirely new person, or should be, after... everything that's happened." He shrugs. "And then I wake up thinking I'm still some farmboy from the outer rim, like nothing's changed."