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[Does he think that's possible? Who knows, really. Nor is he sure how he feels about it, when on one hand, he knows that event shouldn't have happened, but on the other, he has no idea who he would be if that hadn't set him on the path he'd taken. What happens to him, if he somehow goes back to such a changed world?

But none of that touches the idea of whatever peace this Luke is attempting to make for Rey's sake.]

I don't know what that means for right now.

[Why wouldn't it be? It shouldn't be possible for him to meet his dead mother, but he's gotten to do that. Just like Kylo's gotten to meet his mother as a nine year old. If that doesn't show that time is super weird and not as definite as they'd thought. What does?]

I don't either.

[Honesty is the best policy after all.]

But what I do know, is that us being at odds like this is bothering Rey a lot.
I'm not saying you have to like me.
Not even saying you have to forgive me.
Because for one, I haven't actually done anything and two, he hasn't done anything to deserve it.
But there has to be some way we can make this easier on Rey.

What would make it easier on her that doesn't involve me liking or forgiving you?

There has to be some sort of middle ground between where we're at and.... that.
Not everything has to be extremes you know.

[Not everything is extremes? Seems fake.]

I know you have no intention to do what the older you did. If I expected that sort of danger from you, I wouldn't let you near Rey.

[Not seeing things in extremes and black and white. It's not very jedilike of him but shhhh.

There's quite a few deleted sentences that happened before he actually managed to reply.]

You don't have to like me, but we need to at least try to get along peacefully.
Maybe you've known her longer, but Rey doesn't seem like someone who anyone gets to let do anything.

You're right about that.

So, in public we'll at least try to be civil.
Figure it's the least we can do.
Deal?

[He still isn't entirely certain what that changes, considering he's already past the point of going out of his way to be antagonistic and he doesn't really plan to spend any more time around Luke than he needs to. But that does mean that it's something he can generally agree to.]

Deal.