He knelt down in front of her and gazed deeply into her eyes. With a (for once) steady hand he pushed an errant bang behind her ear. “Addie, I n-never ever thought that of y-you. No matter wh-what anybody else s-says you are so great a-and I *love* you.“
As soon as he says those three words, Techie realizes just how true it is.
“If you’d let m-me,” here he pauses, unsure, “I’d like to be y-your dad. Of-officially. With papers and ev-everything!”
He’s so scared she’ll say no.
In the distance, Hux watches, not moving at all.
She sighed “like General Hux says im of no use im a burden I should of thrown myself over the bridge ” she said to him it was the first time she ever called her father by rank and last name
"Th-that’s a fucking l-lie,” he says, angered. “Addie, you deserve f-for good things to h-happen to you!”
Then he adds, more sadly, “We b-both do.”
Something akin to guilt and pain flashes in Hux’s eyes. He stiffly walks away and leaves them to their moment.