It takes a while for what she says to filter through the silent whirlwind that his mind's become. (The Resistance, mom, General Organa, how can you face your squadron, mom, what use can you even be, who gets Black One, mom.)
It takes a while, once it does filter through, for Poe to remember how to put words in order enough to answer.
"Vertigo." He says it like the word means murder. He can almost see the letters materialize in the air. "They grounded me."
It takes one try, two, three, before he finally manages, "I can't fly."
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It takes a while, once it does filter through, for Poe to remember how to put words in order enough to answer.
"Vertigo." He says it like the word means murder. He can almost see the letters materialize in the air. "They grounded me."
It takes one try, two, three, before he finally manages, "I can't fly."