She didn't have to look behind her to feel Poe and Finn coming. She knew that the attention would pull them, and Rose too. Everyone would be drawn to the ship. Rey busted out in a jog the minute the ship was safely landed, wanting to be the first face he saw when he got out of the ship.

She would stand by him or everyone else could be angry with her. She did not care. "Ben?" Her eyes widened and there was a look of hope on her face. It couldn't be. He wasn't a force ghost. He was real. "Ben, really?"

She moved up to him, slowing down a little, almost skittish to do so. "It's you... You're alive."