( He doesn't answer that knock, not right away, holding her at bay with a very specifically concentrated effort. It's exhausting and taxing, standing this close. )
You came to me to inquiring about teaching strategies and what I might be able to offer you. Luke Skywalker is bound to be a by-product of that line of conversation, especially if you're not satisfied with what he has to offer you.
( Without the modulator, his voice leans into sarcasm more easily, though it's short lived given the answer he knows that he has to eventually present to her. She's insistent and relentless, and Kylo has the growing feeling that if he doesn't give her what she wants now, Rey will simply stay in his head, caught there like a song, until she exploits him that way into answering.
He would like to say that it was his doing. He would like to say that the power he holds within the cupped palm of his hand is far greater than the breadth of hers or even of her understanding. The possibility that it could have been him occurs to him, but even if he had been solely responsible for it, he wouldn't necessarily know with absolute certainty how it had happened. There's guesswork involved, and he certainly knows enough about the Force and the ways and methodologies of the Dark Side, and Kylo is fairly certain that he knows why he's under the impression that telegraphing her moves and intentions wouldn't be outright impossible at the moment, but it's nothing that he's proud of or pleased with himself over. Having an invitation to look into her mind in a capacity that's altogether different than interrogating and torturing Resistance fighters or deck officers aboard the Finalizer might be considered a boon if she very obviously did not have access to his mind in return. If he could somehow have established a one way street rather than a two lane expressway, Kylo might then take credit, might even operate under the assumption that he was deserving of it. Take it to Snoke as a gift and evidence not only of his loyalty but also of his power. As it stands, he's more concerned with figuring out how to disguise it from the Supreme Leader over anything else, and then concerned as to why he thinks he should. )
I'm surprised your master doesn't have an answer for you on that as well. ( His voice returns to its normal clipped ups and downs, lacking inflection or variety, presenting a subdued but genuine amount of surprise rather than sarcasm. It's almost as if he's gotten so used to speaking through the modulator that his tone tends toward that side of robotic. ) It wasn't my doing. I haven't exactly had the opportunity to examine it at length the way that you have, but had it been my doing, rest assured, we'd be having this conversation weeks earlier and under very different circumstances.
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You came to me to inquiring about teaching strategies and what I might be able to offer you. Luke Skywalker is bound to be a by-product of that line of conversation, especially if you're not satisfied with what he has to offer you.
( Without the modulator, his voice leans into sarcasm more easily, though it's short lived given the answer he knows that he has to eventually present to her. She's insistent and relentless, and Kylo has the growing feeling that if he doesn't give her what she wants now, Rey will simply stay in his head, caught there like a song, until she exploits him that way into answering.
He would like to say that it was his doing. He would like to say that the power he holds within the cupped palm of his hand is far greater than the breadth of hers or even of her understanding. The possibility that it could have been him occurs to him, but even if he had been solely responsible for it, he wouldn't necessarily know with absolute certainty how it had happened. There's guesswork involved, and he certainly knows enough about the Force and the ways and methodologies of the Dark Side, and Kylo is fairly certain that he knows why he's under the impression that telegraphing her moves and intentions wouldn't be outright impossible at the moment, but it's nothing that he's proud of or pleased with himself over. Having an invitation to look into her mind in a capacity that's altogether different than interrogating and torturing Resistance fighters or deck officers aboard the Finalizer might be considered a boon if she very obviously did not have access to his mind in return. If he could somehow have established a one way street rather than a two lane expressway, Kylo might then take credit, might even operate under the assumption that he was deserving of it. Take it to Snoke as a gift and evidence not only of his loyalty but also of his power. As it stands, he's more concerned with figuring out how to disguise it from the Supreme Leader over anything else, and then concerned as to why he thinks he should. )
I'm surprised your master doesn't have an answer for you on that as well. ( His voice returns to its normal clipped ups and downs, lacking inflection or variety, presenting a subdued but genuine amount of surprise rather than sarcasm. It's almost as if he's gotten so used to speaking through the modulator that his tone tends toward that side of robotic. ) It wasn't my doing. I haven't exactly had the opportunity to examine it at length the way that you have, but had it been my doing, rest assured, we'd be having this conversation weeks earlier and under very different circumstances.