[ As surprised as she is to hear her name spoken as if he were reaching out for a lifeline, it is dwarfed by the ripples left by his step towards her as flinches from his mother's touch, overwhelmed by the warmth of her hand. The embrace offered to her by General Organa when they returned from Starkiller Base victorious remains the first and only memory that Rey possesses of maternal care and attention, and the realization that Kylo Ren could so adeptly refuse it staggers her as surely as watching him drive a sword through his father's chest had.
Her eyes flutter through a series of stumped blinks, and she raises a hand as if to reach out for him, either to support his arm or nudge his back like she were coaxing a cautious deer forward—whatever the intent, her hand never reaches him, dropping when he finally confronts Luke.
Master Skywalker's age belies the strength of his conviction, and he does not hesitate to answer Kylo Ren's antagonism, but neither does he meet it with similar standoffish aggression. Instead, he keeps his tone level and informative, painfully patient if anything. He starts by calmly asking if Rey has told him everything, and she quickly cuts her head in with enough suddenness to make discourage him from speaking further. Luke considers it a moment, something unreadable but still understanding in his eyes, mournful in how it urges her towards something.
Instead of carrying that thread through, he explains that he and Leia will attempt to use the Force to block Snoke from sensing Ben—for he will not call him anything other than Ben, regardless of how his nephew has rejected Leia—themselves until such a time that Rey and Ren are able to complete their own task within his mental landscape.
He steps further into the room as he speaks, leading Ben and Rey around to a flat and functional sitting area where steel chairs, bare of any cushions or padding, sit just off the floor, squat and broad enough to serve as a bunk; they sit parallel to one another, but several feet apart in the cramped space, as if they were once part of a soldier's barracks.
Rey touches Kylo Ren's elbow as she passes him and sits on one, stripping off muddied boots to fold bare feet beneath her. Her palms rest on her thighs, but she lifts one to gesture for Ren to mirror her position. ]
The mind-walk is achieved through deep meditation, pushing both of our minds beyond the physical world and into the deepest shadows of your own. [ Her eyes flicker briefly up to where Luke stands off to the side, and quickly avoid fixing on him for any extended period, instead darting back to Ren as she warns him, ] I can't tell you what it will look like there, or how long it will take us to return. [ The tightness in her shoulders and her jaw betray that there is more still to be said on the subject, but she does not offer it. ]
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Her eyes flutter through a series of stumped blinks, and she raises a hand as if to reach out for him, either to support his arm or nudge his back like she were coaxing a cautious deer forward—whatever the intent, her hand never reaches him, dropping when he finally confronts Luke.
Master Skywalker's age belies the strength of his conviction, and he does not hesitate to answer Kylo Ren's antagonism, but neither does he meet it with similar standoffish aggression. Instead, he keeps his tone level and informative, painfully patient if anything. He starts by calmly asking if Rey has told him everything, and she quickly cuts her head in with enough suddenness to make discourage him from speaking further. Luke considers it a moment, something unreadable but still understanding in his eyes, mournful in how it urges her towards something.
Instead of carrying that thread through, he explains that he and Leia will attempt to use the Force to block Snoke from sensing Ben—for he will not call him anything other than Ben, regardless of how his nephew has rejected Leia—themselves until such a time that Rey and Ren are able to complete their own task within his mental landscape.
He steps further into the room as he speaks, leading Ben and Rey around to a flat and functional sitting area where steel chairs, bare of any cushions or padding, sit just off the floor, squat and broad enough to serve as a bunk; they sit parallel to one another, but several feet apart in the cramped space, as if they were once part of a soldier's barracks.
Rey touches Kylo Ren's elbow as she passes him and sits on one, stripping off muddied boots to fold bare feet beneath her. Her palms rest on her thighs, but she lifts one to gesture for Ren to mirror her position. ]
The mind-walk is achieved through deep meditation, pushing both of our minds beyond the physical world and into the deepest shadows of your own. [ Her eyes flicker briefly up to where Luke stands off to the side, and quickly avoid fixing on him for any extended period, instead darting back to Ren as she warns him, ] I can't tell you what it will look like there, or how long it will take us to return. [ The tightness in her shoulders and her jaw betray that there is more still to be said on the subject, but she does not offer it. ]