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[ INT. Shared Housing, Floor 13, Room 4 – Very Late Night.

We open on a shot of the living space in one of the many shared housing units. It's dark in the messy room, with a couple of red jackets tossed onto the backs of chairs. Nearby, soft snores are audible.

In frame is a small, wooden creature, his giant eyes squinting with concentration as he stares at the screen. An old, beat-up mp3 player and a Sony Walkman sit beside him on the coffee table. The little creature mumbles a tiny, irritated— ]

I am Groot?

[ —in the same tone of voice someone else might use to ask, “How the hell do you work this thing?” He pokes at the screen fruitlessly for a while, but soon enough, his eyes light up as he shoves his hand forward one last time.

Suddenly, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” by the illustrious AC/DC shrieks over stereo speakers.

DONE. DIRT. CHEAP.

Sorry about your beauty sleep, Floor 13. And probably Floors 12 and 14.

The sapling yelps, scrambling and panicking to figure out how to stop this crazy thing, just as a sleep-tousled Star-Lord stumbles into frame, flicking on a light. Barely audible over the music, ]

Groot, what are you—?

[ Busted.

Peter picks up the device, sees that it’s recording, and he grimaces. ]

Oh, son of a—

[ Which is when the feed and the music both cut out. ]

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[Groot's war cry snapped Rey's attention away from Peter to watch the little..sapling? Could he be called that? To watch him tackle the dandelion puff. The flower didn't stand a chance.]

I wasn't nodding off. I finally felt tired enough to sleep.

[Please, like she'd nod off. She was trying to keep herself from yawning. But there's a pause as she gathers her thoughts.]

Why did you ask if I was training with him? [The last Jedi, and better yet, what was his motive for knowing?]

[ Nodding off. Yawning wide enough to crack a jaw. Basically the same in Peter’s book – or at least, he likes to take things to extremes.

As for her question, he blinks at her, a little confused. ]

I guess I was just curious? [ And he casts the words a little uncertainly, like he’s not sure what sort of answer she’s looking for, here. ] Like, I figure there’s only a couple of reasons to look for the last Jedi, or whatever, and that’s either to interview him, or to train under him.

Only curious?

[Rey repeated the words, trying to gauge if Peter had any other ulterior motives. If he wanted the information for his own knowledge or for other purposes that may or may not align with the First Order. He wasn't too far from the truth.]

Some would want to kill him, eradicate the Jedi so nothing could stand in their way. The Jedi would only live on as myths until they're forgotten.

[Like the names of the other Jedi before Luke. The ones before his time and Anakin's. Those names, those brave Jedi who would be lost to time, but still remembered in the Force.]

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[ Oh. Well, okay, her caution makes a lot more sense, now. Peter lefts up both hands in a sort of placating gesture. ]

Hey, no. I don’t want anyone dead. Promise.

I, uh. [ ... what’s the best way to put this without admitting he was a total Star Wars nerd as a kid? ] When I... heard stories. About Jedi and stuff, I mean. I always thought they were seriously cool. The stuff they could do, the people they helped. I always liked hearing about it.

So, you know. You said you met a Jedi in the flesh, and that sounded— [ He tries to think of an appropriate term, but he apparently settles on— ] —seriously awesome.

[The fact that he used the word 'promise' makes Rey raise an eyebrow a little. Who goes around saying that? Or maybe that's just his personality? Promises were just a sore subject to her, but that was something else.]

Uh-huh...

[It doesn't help convince her, but he doesn't seem like he's lying either? He's a hard one to really nail down.

She listened to him, continuing to weigh his words and waiting for him to slip up on something. But...he doesn't. He seems genuine in his tales. He was like any other child who heard of the Jedi--of Luke Skywalker and the hope that gave them that there was someone on the side of good, trying to help people.

The way that he described her encounter with Luke made her let out a soft chuckle and shake her head.]

He was more grumpy than anything else...but it was...[What was the word? Humbling? Shocking?] I was speechless when I met him. [Yes, that was the best way to describe it.]

I wasn't there to train with him, I was there for something else and it turned into being trained by him.

[Spoken so casually like it wasn't a big deal at all.]

[ He knows there’s some baggage, there, and he knows that whatever happens in this particular story, it still ends with this Jedi guy dying, so he tries not to be too eager.

Still, some of his excitement works its way onto his face, into his voice, when he asks, ]

So can you do all that stuff, too? Like, move stuff with your mind and do that— [ He gestures with his hand – the Jedi mind trick. ] —that thing?

[Oh it's easy to pick up on his excitement. It makes her feel a touch shy because she's not used to being in the spotlight, though she put herself there by agreeing to meet with him.

But she has to laugh a little at how he waves his hand for whatever trick he thinks she can do.]

I can do a few things, yes. Used the Force to lift rocks and...convinced a Stormtrooper to leave a cell unlocked and drop his blaster.

[Hopefully that's the 'trick' that he was referring to.]

[ Yyyep. That grin is coming out in full force, now. Sorry, Rey. ]

That’s so awesome.

Does that mean you have a lightsaber?

[Rey takes it in stride, albeit her smile is more sheepish than anything.]

I wouldn't call it 'awesome,' but it's...pretty cool?

[A nod of her head.]

Yes, I do.

[It was Luke's...well, technically Anakin's...but it's hers. It called out to her.]

Did you want to see it? [Not that she'd let him touch it--he could hurt himself with it--but she's willing to show him.]

Uh. [ And he laughs incredulously, in a way that asks, “Why is this even a question?” ] Yes? Absolutely.

[ He’s going to just go ahead and assume that asking, “Can I play with it?” is probably a bridge too far, but this is the next best thing. ]

[Because she doesn't want to make assumptions! It's rude and wrong, and can lead to things, like war.

Rey takes out the lightsaber from her side, rising to stand up. She's shorter than Peter, and probably younger than him too, but she had been through enough that's aged her mentally. Using the Force, she let's the lightsaber float above her hands and slowly turn around to let him see it's design.]

I'm not going to ignite it, if that'll be your next question. You don't want to lose a limb.

[ Okay, well, on the one hand, this is a seriously impressive display, and it's so cool what the hell.

But on the other hand, he definitely wanted to see the lightsaber, like, deployed? Is that even the right word? Because he totally wanted to know if that thing made the whoom whoom KSHHH sound like in the movies. ]

Aww, c'mon.

What if I stand, like, a few feet back?

[There was a hard stare from Rey.]

I'm not asking you show off any of your weapons Star-Lord.

[She's just being stubborn about it--and also she doesn't want to cause any harm to him or Groot in case he got curious too. She brings the lightsaber back to her and holds it in one hand.]

It's not a toy, you know.

You could, if you wanted.

[ He does, in fact, have a pair of blasters holstered to his hips and a metal trigger behind his ear for his mask – never leave home without them! – but admittedly, they’re not nearly as cool as an actual, literal, lightsaber. ]

I mean, I don’t mind doing a cultural exchange.

[Well, she wasn't expecting that answer. He was being stubborn though, and a bit persistent. If she were to show him, what could possibly go wrong?

Aside from him losing a limb.

Or accidentally starting a fight.

Or both.]

Not interested. You have, what? Blasters?

[She wasn't really interested in weapons, more so of ships and creating new things.]

You basically aim and pull the trigger, that's it.

You say that like there isn't an art to it.

[ He's one hell of a marksman, if he says so himself. ]

Sure, anyone can pull a trigger. But that's like saying "anyone can use a knife." Sure, it's true, but that doesn't mean you do it well.

[ But he shrugs after a second. ]

But, hey. What do I know? I mean, I've only been using these guns for, like, two-thirds of my life.

[A roll of her eyes.]

There isn't much of an art to them. [Especially when the Stormtroopers using them couldn't hit--which is a good thing. Just, better someone aim away from her and her friends.]

So...you're been using it for twenty years then?

[Is she calling him old? ....Possibly. Just...maybe.]

Do you know how to use anything other than blasters?

[ Yeah, a lot of his initial excitement is slowly wearing off, the longer this conversation goes. ]

Guns are sort of my thing. I can basically use whatever you put into my hands.

[Peter's excitement may come back in full swing if Rey showed him the lightsaber...she had ruled it out, but she was becoming curious about the weapons he used.]

Uh-huh. [Yeah he's not getting his hands on her saber.]

But they're very.....one note? [Kind of? At least from what she's seen.

Okay, they should do a cultural exchange. Start with weapons and then work to...food maybe.]

Okay maybe if you show me what you can do....I'll do the same.

[ He looks a little skeptical for a second. But, well, he always takes his chance to show off, which is why he unholsters the blaster from his hip. He points the barrel skyward, his finger resting against the trigger guard to avoid any accidental firings. ]

Main barrel is plasma. Bottom barrel is electricity. I can fire them off individually with these two triggers— [ And he indicates them with his free hand. ] Top one’s lethal force, bottom is for stunning, obviously.

But I can use both triggers if I’m facing someone really nasty. The shots pack a bigger punch, that way.

[ He’s not going to fire the guns off in a public park, though, which is why he returns the blaster to his holster. ]

I’ve been trained with rifles and blasters basically all my life. I’m kind of an expert.

[Rey's curiosity is peaked when Peter shows his blaster. It's much different than she would've thought. Easier to grip and move around. Two different functions--and is it bad she wants to see the inside of it and find out how it really works?]

Interesting... [And the way the blasters are designed make it easier to grip, hold, and probably a lot more balanced than just a single point-and-shoot weapon.] How often do you have to do maintenance work on it?

[Rey is a bit of a skeptical on Peter being an expert, but he has a far better grasp on it than she would. She had her staff for the longest time, and now she a lightsaber...]

I'm used to using a staff to fight, but I learned how to make this work. [She gestured to the lightsaber, still holding it and debating if she should ignite it. He did show her his weapons after all...and if he tried anything, she could use the Force to stop him or throw him back.

She moves back a little bit, placing some space between them and finally ignites the lightsaber. See Peter? It does make the noises and lights up considerably.]

It's a lot different than anything I've held before.

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