( Strangely enough, the first familiar presence that Kylo Ren hones in on during the First Order's summit on some planet is not Rey's but Chewbacca's. It could be imagined, once he picks up on it, but the scar tissue left behind as an echo of his old guardian's choice of weaponry and wide shot - he's gone over it a hundred times in his head: there's no way the Wookie would have missed if he'd meant to kill him - twinges and aches. It doesn't slow him down or give him pause, but it does angle his head away from the table and meeting he is standing in on, Hux droning on about the cost of repairs to his fleet and the assembly of a further amount of Star Destroyers and TIE fighters.
Militarized planning has never interested him as much as what Snoke has taught him, especially lately, given their path to the Supreme Leader's star system so that Kylo may complete his training. This is a pitstop, just a detour, which is why it thrills Kylo so completely to feel Chewbacca's presence and, then, winking into existence as if it had always been there, Rey's.
Underneath the heavy metal weaving of his helmet, his breath catches a little in his throat, popping through the modulator in a way that makes some of the people around him nervous. He can see it in the hackles that raise along the backs of their necks, the raw panic that rolls off of them like fog. Hux does not stop talking but casts a weary expression his way. Kylo stops himself from using the Force to crush his windpipe for that sort of display alone. )
Seems like I've found you, doesn't it?
( By his estimate, the connection links around the same time, with him picking up on her but not establishing contact just several seconds before she does. The palms of his hand itch, his saber clipped to his belt, and it takes a great deal of willpower not to turn and stalk from the room and seek her out and ignite the raw power in his saber immediately. )
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Militarized planning has never interested him as much as what Snoke has taught him, especially lately, given their path to the Supreme Leader's star system so that Kylo may complete his training. This is a pitstop, just a detour, which is why it thrills Kylo so completely to feel Chewbacca's presence and, then, winking into existence as if it had always been there, Rey's.
Underneath the heavy metal weaving of his helmet, his breath catches a little in his throat, popping through the modulator in a way that makes some of the people around him nervous. He can see it in the hackles that raise along the backs of their necks, the raw panic that rolls off of them like fog. Hux does not stop talking but casts a weary expression his way. Kylo stops himself from using the Force to crush his windpipe for that sort of display alone. )
Seems like I've found you, doesn't it?
( By his estimate, the connection links around the same time, with him picking up on her but not establishing contact just several seconds before she does. The palms of his hand itch, his saber clipped to his belt, and it takes a great deal of willpower not to turn and stalk from the room and seek her out and ignite the raw power in his saber immediately. )