( Rey might harbor that illusion for herself, but Kylo Ren holds no such faith in her illustrious and wonderful leaders. He's a criminal. He's murdered countless people and ordered the execution of many, many more. He struck down Han Solo when the smuggler was offering him a way out, a way back, and tortured Poe Dameron and kidnapped Rey. He would never bet money on the Resistance letting him walk away, let alone his own freedom, so while Rey might believe in the validity of what she offers him, Kylo knows that it's a reward with no actual reward attached. His reward will be leaving Corellian airspace alive and free to decide what he wants to do with the key that has been given to him so long as it lies in tandem with what the Resistance expects of him. It's either that or execution, he assumes, regardless of the political sway that General Organa and Luke Skywalker might be able to conjure between them. )
But that's all it is, Rey. A nice thought.
( The truth remains that he also has nowhere else to go. It isn't as if he can steal away in an escape pod and crash on some rock somewhere in an attempt to make an honest living of it. The First Order won't take him back as things stand, and the other Knights are sure to be scouring the galaxy for any trace of his presence in a collective effort to bring their master under the hands of the Supreme Leader. Realization blooms within him at the finality of the situation like a sick flower, and Kylo understands in that moment that it is the cold wash of comprehension that he has been circling since he took his first voluntary steps out of the command shuttle and into the Resistance camp.
This, of all places in the galaxy, is the only real place that he has left. )
I've made a choice. ( He says it as his stomach drops with the inevitability of their take off, and all around him the Millennium Falcon comes to life in a way that no ship has since he was a gangly, awkward-looking child. There is no going back now. ) I would have left long ago if I hadn't.
i mean probably like 7 which is 7 more than i usually get
( Rey might harbor that illusion for herself, but Kylo Ren holds no such faith in her illustrious and wonderful leaders. He's a criminal. He's murdered countless people and ordered the execution of many, many more. He struck down Han Solo when the smuggler was offering him a way out, a way back, and tortured Poe Dameron and kidnapped Rey. He would never bet money on the Resistance letting him walk away, let alone his own freedom, so while Rey might believe in the validity of what she offers him, Kylo knows that it's a reward with no actual reward attached. His reward will be leaving Corellian airspace alive and free to decide what he wants to do with the key that has been given to him so long as it lies in tandem with what the Resistance expects of him. It's either that or execution, he assumes, regardless of the political sway that General Organa and Luke Skywalker might be able to conjure between them. )
But that's all it is, Rey. A nice thought.
( The truth remains that he also has nowhere else to go. It isn't as if he can steal away in an escape pod and crash on some rock somewhere in an attempt to make an honest living of it. The First Order won't take him back as things stand, and the other Knights are sure to be scouring the galaxy for any trace of his presence in a collective effort to bring their master under the hands of the Supreme Leader. Realization blooms within him at the finality of the situation like a sick flower, and Kylo understands in that moment that it is the cold wash of comprehension that he has been circling since he took his first voluntary steps out of the command shuttle and into the Resistance camp.
This, of all places in the galaxy, is the only real place that he has left. )
I've made a choice. ( He says it as his stomach drops with the inevitability of their take off, and all around him the Millennium Falcon comes to life in a way that no ship has since he was a gangly, awkward-looking child. There is no going back now. ) I would have left long ago if I hadn't.