video: un; just.rey (set after the Palpatine plot)

[makesrocksfloat]

[Someone has been having a month. technically two. so she looks almost combative when she asks]

Right, apparently I--me--some version of me has been here before.

I'm asking who knew me, what they knew about me, and if they want to keep knowing me.

[private to Kylo Ren]

Did you know?

Comments

[survivalthroughhate]

Precisely. You have two advantages Palpatine never had: the ability to feel love and practice kindness. They will serve you well here.

[makesrocksfloat]

[the word 'Ben' aches through her like an open wound] The one I love is gone. But kindness...I can do that. I can.

[survivalthroughhate]

That's more than enough. He never understood that a lust for power can not replace the kindness and compassion you feel when you form connections with other people.

[makesrocksfloat]

You're right. Palpatine would never understand it. But...do you think Ben might have?

[survivalthroughhate]

Ben? [Then he realized who she was talking about. Of course that wannabe Dark Sider would have changed his name to something with a bit more edge to it. He paused for a moment before he said gently:] Yes. I think he would have. He could understand love no matter how much he wanted to cling solely to the darkness.

[makesrocksfloat]

Yes? [...kriff. she should have said Kylo Ren. there's a good chance she blew his real identity] I...think you're right. When he was kind to me, he had nothing to gain. [other than her trust. but she doesn't think that was his big motivation]