( He could try, but he knows without having to search through his feelings that she wouldn't let herself fall that easily, that any charge at her or attempt on her life or to take her back to the Order would be meant with resistance enough to rival the faction itself, both in namesake and actual power. The fact remains that he has no interest in killing her, despite his claims to the contrary; at least, not right now. The knowledge that they will more often than not encounter one another with sabers drawn and teeth bared does nothing to reassure him now, though it's hardly her confidence or her insistence that he remove his mask and hang up his blade that gives him pause. Rather, the admission of her calling him here at all inspires in him a full body pause, standing straight and still for a full ten seconds before he depresses the ignition switch on his lightsaber. The air is still charged with displaced where the red beam vibrated irregularly, and he does not do as she instructs in removing his mask.
The sound of Kylo snorting derisively is a strange one to filter through the modulator, and it sounds more like a static pop than an actual indication of amusement, dark or otherwise, but it's there, and he takes several steps further out of the shadow cast by the heavy outcropping of one building to stand in the open air of the alleyway. His fingers curl into fists at his side, one around the hilt of his lightsaber, ready. )
I find that hard to believe. ( And he does, given the last time the two of them were in such close proximity. The power in her had been undeniable, and he knows that if it were refined and focused she could be a formidable ally in a number of ways - or a damning opponent - but Kylo had also recognized the counterpoint within her, had known innately that she could have killed him if she wanted regardless of chasms opening up between them as a planet cracked and died. She should have, but she didn't. ) Given how strongly opposed you were to the suggestion the last time we saw one another. What has Skywalker been so unable to teach you that you would seek me out independently? I could have told you that the training you would receive under him would leave plenty to be desired, but you can't actually expect me to believe that you would turn traitor so easily.
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The sound of Kylo snorting derisively is a strange one to filter through the modulator, and it sounds more like a static pop than an actual indication of amusement, dark or otherwise, but it's there, and he takes several steps further out of the shadow cast by the heavy outcropping of one building to stand in the open air of the alleyway. His fingers curl into fists at his side, one around the hilt of his lightsaber, ready. )
I find that hard to believe. ( And he does, given the last time the two of them were in such close proximity. The power in her had been undeniable, and he knows that if it were refined and focused she could be a formidable ally in a number of ways - or a damning opponent - but Kylo had also recognized the counterpoint within her, had known innately that she could have killed him if she wanted regardless of chasms opening up between them as a planet cracked and died. She should have, but she didn't. ) Given how strongly opposed you were to the suggestion the last time we saw one another. What has Skywalker been so unable to teach you that you would seek me out independently? I could have told you that the training you would receive under him would leave plenty to be desired, but you can't actually expect me to believe that you would turn traitor so easily.