Val grins, eyes sparkling. "If he asks, just tell him it's a girl you met in a cantina far, far away."

She pauses for a bit. "It's fine to trust in a power, but one can't put all of that trust in it. That's why we're human. We make things happen. I've spent most of my life being controlled by someone or something. I don't want to see anyone else get caught in that."