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I know it's rare but I like that everyone's looks different, like a fingerprint. Can you write?

Handwriting is a blessing and a curse.

( She should see Han's, except. )

Yes, I can write. I learned as a child.

It's probably nicer than this.

[ Attached is a screen shot of her half finished crossword puzzle, filled in with letters that look as though they might have been written by a drunk toddler. ]

Marginally.

( That isn't, strictly speaking, true: his penmanship is excellent almost as if out of spite. )
I was able to learn on paper, with ink, which I believe gives me a slight advantage, but it isn't as though those materials are readily available. There are programs you can download to simulate, though. Do you have a stylus?

( Also, almost as an afterthought - )

15 across is incorrect.

[ She does not believe that his handwriting is anything less than pristine - it wouldn't suit otherwise. ]

Did you learn in school? No, but I could probably make one easily enough.

[ As with before, it's weird how charming she found his correction. Why are you so weird Kylo? ]

I had a sneaking suspicion. Did you make a copy to solve for yourself?

I taught myself. Much like you with allegedly building things from scratch, I assume.

( He's a decent enough mechanic but it's all rudimentary with him, really. Look at his lightsaber. )

Maybe.

I had help from the schematics on the terminals I salvaged, but I taught myself enough to build a speeder on Jakku.

Did you solve it?

How long did it take you to actually get it to run? I just downloaded it.

A while, but I was small. Sometimes I'd have to build something to help me move a bigger part so that I could keep building the speeder.

How about now?

[ That door they agreed to keep closed is sure staying shut. ]

I haven't started it yet. I do think it's remarkable that you managed to learn how to build a complex system out of spare parts, even independent of your focus on survival.

What choice did I have? It was a matter of time management. I couldn't work, and walk, and sleep enough to do it the following day. There wasn't enough time. But, thank you.

( Just take the compliment, Rey. )

I don't think most children have a concept of time management.

[ No. That's weird. ]

Most children don't grow up alone on Jakku.

Did you finish yet?

Point taken. And believe it or not, it is somewhat difficult to begin any task with you pinging me incessantly.

You got stuck on 8 down didn't you?

No.

( He genuinely hasn't, but neither has he even begun yet. )

I do have other items on my to-do list beyond 'beat Rey's fastest time on crossword.'