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What kind of food does he like?

[ This seems arbitrary, probably, but for Rey it's an obvious connection. Every time Kylo Ren has messed something up in the course of their being here, food has been his solution. If she presents Riku with food, he'll obviously soften in his disappointment. ]

[He has to think about that for a minute.]

french stuff, i think?
he likes what sora makes and that's what he said he makes.
i don't know much about different foods though.
before i came here i mostly ate the same kind of stuff every day.

[ Rey's surprised by something so familiar to her. She isn't eager to dwell on Jakku so she moves on quickly, but she asserts the connection with the earnestness of someone who's had ... well, very few in her life. ]

Yeah? Me too.
I don't really want to go to Sora ...

[ Not about this. Then Sora would be disappointed too. ]

[Non-varied-diet kids fistbump]

you wouldn't have to ask him to cook for you
you could just ask him what's good?
he could probably recommend a recipe

I don't really cook.
I was hoping for something I could pick up for him. Something that would last.
Like sweets?

[ anytime someone really uses the kitchen at her place, it's kylo. even though he doesn't actually live there ... ]

well there's always ice cream.
except i think it's hard to get here.
i've never found any that's like the stuff at home.

You mean like the ice pops from the festivals?
That's not a bad idea...

[ it's not creamy so she's ??? about that but rey's used to linguistic and cultural barriers by now that she just reaches for the nearest analogue. ]

sort of like that yeah.
sea salt is the best flavor but no one's even heard of it here.
i miss it. we used to have it every day after work.

I had a salted caramel one.
Have you tried those?

[ not that it would be the same, but she feels obligated to try to solve his problem in exchange for the help he's been in brainstorming hers. ]

oh! they have that?
it sounds like it might be close.
where did you find it?

There was a fertility festival.
I'll figure out the name of the shop that made it and send it to you. Ok?

cool, thanks :)
what's a fertility festival?

Celebration of nature
And reproduction.

[ This is the gentlest way she can put it. ]

wow, they celebrate all kinds of things here, don't they?

No war.
They can celebrate whatever they like.

[ it's not a perfect world, but it's much stabler than hers. ]

what's war got to do with it?

Makes people discouraged and afraid. Can't build anything when it's always getting blown down.

[If this conversation were taking place in person, Rey might actually hear a click as something comes together in Roxas' mind.]

that makes a lot of sense actually.

The Mars colony, for instance.
I bet they don't have many festivals right now.

mars is the world that's part of this one but not actually in this world, right?

[He's still wrapping his head around the concept of 'planets'.]

That's right.
It's the colony facing riots right now, reached by spacecraft.

sounds like a tough place to live.
you're probably right about no festivals.

[The thought makes him oddly sad.]

We'll make it better.
Morningstar, I mean.
When the United Nations listens to what we have to say, conditions will get better for them out there.
Then they'll have festivals all the time too.

do you really think they ever will?
listen, i mean.

They're elected.
It's their job to listen.