“Nah, I’m just special.” He gave Finn a sheepish smile. “Something like a one in a million chance.”

But there was a new and blazing hope burning in his chest. His lips parted, about to say ‘we should test it’, but he thought of Rey and his courage faded.

“You could always ask others, if you wanted to learn about it. People who’ve had it work. Snap and Kare tried to pretend theirs weren’t pinging each other for years.”