[ When he grabs her, she's not sure which version of Kylo Ren she gazes up at, the hard edge of his gaze echoing back a void that he'd stared into too long, one she recognizes from the landscape of his mind as the cold and barren wasteland occupied by Leader Snoke. But she keeps her jaw tight, her chin high, and she doesn't relent to his grip.
Eventually, he releases it, and relief carries the breath out of her lungs just as quickly as her eyes study and process the blood she sees smear on his leather gloves. Powerful indeed. It would seem the Supreme Leader is not to be underestimated; if his hold on Kylo Ren can cause such minor physical injuries, there is no telling that it can't draw out something more severe through the pain he inflicts mentally.
She does not question Kylo on what he saw or heard, but accepts his report with a kind of implicit trust that he has not earned: rather, she offers it to him to spare his dignity and leave him to bury his reinvigorated traumas. Not trust, then, but respect. As a result, she takes a series of wary steps back, offering him breathing room. ]
At least half the ships they sent have begun to pursue us, but I don't know that we'll make it to the Outer Rim without making repairs to the systems they've damaged. [ She shakes her head, then fixes her attention with apparent distraction on the melted heating unit, the furrow of her brow debating its role in triggering a meltdown across the rest of the system. She opted not to make accusations—it wouldn't make a difference, anyway. It still needed to be repaired. So instead, she looked back to Kylo and offered her suggestion. ]
We should be able to lose them around Kessel, but we won't be able to make it back to the Hapes cluster for a rendezvous with the rest of the fleet without a pit stop to repair the systems that took damage. [ Which makes the whole lure them to the Outer Rim and shake them there plan something of a bust, unless they wanted to be stranded and frozen in a nonfunctional antique. She launches quickly into a contingency, revealing a certain reverence she offers for Organa herself in the apparent imitation. ]
I think our best bet is to adjust course for the Roche asteroids, lose them in the rubble, then slingshot around for Hapes to regroup with the General and Master Luke once they've made it off the surface of Corellia. Their escape should thin the herd of the First Order's fleets to something properly manageable, and as long as we're within the Hapes Cluster, we should be safe from their interference.
truly a credible source
Eventually, he releases it, and relief carries the breath out of her lungs just as quickly as her eyes study and process the blood she sees smear on his leather gloves. Powerful indeed. It would seem the Supreme Leader is not to be underestimated; if his hold on Kylo Ren can cause such minor physical injuries, there is no telling that it can't draw out something more severe through the pain he inflicts mentally.
She does not question Kylo on what he saw or heard, but accepts his report with a kind of implicit trust that he has not earned: rather, she offers it to him to spare his dignity and leave him to bury his reinvigorated traumas. Not trust, then, but respect. As a result, she takes a series of wary steps back, offering him breathing room. ]
At least half the ships they sent have begun to pursue us, but I don't know that we'll make it to the Outer Rim without making repairs to the systems they've damaged. [ She shakes her head, then fixes her attention with apparent distraction on the melted heating unit, the furrow of her brow debating its role in triggering a meltdown across the rest of the system. She opted not to make accusations—it wouldn't make a difference, anyway. It still needed to be repaired. So instead, she looked back to Kylo and offered her suggestion. ]
We should be able to lose them around Kessel, but we won't be able to make it back to the Hapes cluster for a rendezvous with the rest of the fleet without a pit stop to repair the systems that took damage. [ Which makes the whole lure them to the Outer Rim and shake them there plan something of a bust, unless they wanted to be stranded and frozen in a nonfunctional antique. She launches quickly into a contingency, revealing a certain reverence she offers for Organa herself in the apparent imitation. ]
I think our best bet is to adjust course for the Roche asteroids, lose them in the rubble, then slingshot around for Hapes to regroup with the General and Master Luke once they've made it off the surface of Corellia. Their escape should thin the herd of the First Order's fleets to something properly manageable, and as long as we're within the Hapes Cluster, we should be safe from their interference.