By the time he reaches Sabine, she has released most of her frustrations not the world around her. The once pristine wilderness is now marred by blaster and flamethrower burns as trees lay downed by the Lightsaber that Ezra had gifted her. As he approaches it is clear that she is exhausted, her body resting beside one of the felled trees. For now she is unaware of her surroundings, or the destruction she has wrought, but Ezra knows that when she does eventually come back to herself the artist within her will weep for the beauty she has destroyed.
Walking with loud steps to ensure she knows of his approach he steps toward her, before kneeling down next to her in the snow. As he settles beside her he takes the pack he has brought before pulling a large thermal blanket from within as well as a couple ration bars before offering her the bars and covering them both.
They remain like that for several minutes as Sabine turns the ration bar over and over again in her hands staring unseeingly towards the nearby lake. Eventually however Sabine finds her voice and starts "I spoke to my mother this morning..."
Ezra 'hmms' encouragingly and Sabine starts to self-consciously tear little pieces of wrapper off the ration bar as she continues "she was telling me about how you'd grown into a fine young man these last few months, how you would make someone a fine Ridduur"
Ezra takes a moment, whilst good, he is still not fluent in Mando'a due to the limited lessons he has received between battles. It takes him a few moments to realise that Sabine means spouse
By the time Ezra realises what she means Sabine has already continued, saying "she was telling me about how interested clans Kryze and Onyo were, how they wanted you for their own." Then for the first time since he had arrived she looks at him "and it hurt, it hurt to think of one of them getting their hands on you, to think of them taking you away from me"
Ezra always intune with the living force around him nevertheless is shocked, so much so that all he can get out is a soft spoken "Sabine"
However before he can speak further Sabine is on her feet, the blanket knocked aside and the wrapper from her ration bar discarded as she unconsciously breaks bits off it letting them fall to the ground "no!" She exclaims tearing her helmet off to look directly at him "I need to say this, if I don't I don't know that I ever will." She breathes deeply the. Continues "when she told me, it was like my world stopped spinning, and I realised I can't live with knowing that I missed the chance to tell you how I really feel. So I went looking for you, but when I found you, you had all these admirers around you, and I realised, I don't measure up, I can't measure up..." this time she trails off as she looks away her arms coming up to hug herself as if to shield herself.
It's this movement, the way she looks away, as if preparing to be struck down that sours Ezra into action. Moments later he is on his feet beside her, everything else forgotten as he moves to stand in front of her before tilting her head up until she has to look at him as he says "Sabine, if you think that any of those other people hold a candle to you, well you've lost it."
This time it is Sabine's turn to be struck speechless as she asks in a voice quaking with fear, and hope "Ezra" as if imploring the universe not to be messing with her this one time
Ezra smiles as he lays a hand on her cheek saying "Sabine, I'm not in love with any of those others, and I never could be. Ever since I stepped onto the Ghost my heart has been yours ni kar'taylir darasuum Sabine Wren (I love you Sabine Wren)"
There's a moment where Sabine freezes at the words, as if unable to believe that she has hear what she did, but that moment is shattered as seconds later she is lunging at Ezra kissing him passionately as they fall into the snow. For the next several moments the entire world around them stands forgotten, the empire, the war, none of it matters, instead all that matters is the fact that Sabine finally has Ezra, and that he returns her feelings.
When they do eventually part to breathe Sabine can't help but smile as she whispers "ni kar'taylir darasuum Ez'ika"
