It was admittedly very short-sighted of them - Han, Leia and to a lesser degree, Luke - to have spent so much energy trying to prepare him for his destiny that they forgot to prepare him for life. The elder Solo didn't grasp that before, but it seemed pretty clear now.
"I'll teach you whatever you want to learn, kid."
Hell, he's always wanted to do that anyway, except Han's not all that sure what he's asking for. Logically he's aware there's plenty of things he's picked up over the years that he could show the young man, but emotionally, the value of the lessons that an old spacer could impart upon a force sensitive still don't seem that important to him.
What a glorious indoctrination of his son into how a scoundrel lives, though - with cold, smelly bacta rubbed into his wounds. He tries not to smirk too much at the thought of it.
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Date: 2016-06-12 03:48 pm (UTC)"I'll teach you whatever you want to learn, kid."
Hell, he's always wanted to do that anyway, except Han's not all that sure what he's asking for. Logically he's aware there's plenty of things he's picked up over the years that he could show the young man, but emotionally, the value of the lessons that an old spacer could impart upon a force sensitive still don't seem that important to him.
What a glorious indoctrination of his son into how a scoundrel lives, though - with cold, smelly bacta rubbed into his wounds. He tries not to smirk too much at the thought of it.