[His pacing starts to slow before she offers her reply. Now that he's gotten it out, he can feel some of the weight lifting. She wants to turn him. He won't. He won't. He repeats it, over and over again in his head until his feet stop moving and she throws her lightsaber aside. His head jerks like a magnet to follow it.
He heaves angrily. Its an insult, that she won't fight him -- or, it would have been, under different circumstances. But his head jerks back to her suspiciously before long, like he does not trust her intentions. And even then, she voices them, plain as day.
She wanted to be close to him. There's a moment where he almost believes it, and the darkness in his eyes clears some. But no -- not close to him. Close to Ben, that name she keeps calling him, to the shadow of him that she doesn't even know. Some nebulous person that's long dead.]
No. You want to be close to Ben Solo.
[She's trying to manipulate him, just like everyone else is. Except her intent is perhaps even more sinister than everyone else's. She wants to drag him back to the Light, so it will be impossible for him to resist judgement when it came.
He's just another tool. What he wants doesn't matter. It never has, to anyone.
His non-dominant hand reaches out to call the saber she's discarded into it, and he triggers the activation of both blades, such that they cross and crackle against one another, aimed downward so she can see what he's done. He feels better, like this -- more in control of the situation, and of himself.
She wouldn't resist a fight with her life in danger.]
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He heaves angrily. Its an insult, that she won't fight him -- or, it would have been, under different circumstances. But his head jerks back to her suspiciously before long, like he does not trust her intentions. And even then, she voices them, plain as day.
She wanted to be close to him. There's a moment where he almost believes it, and the darkness in his eyes clears some. But no -- not close to him. Close to Ben, that name she keeps calling him, to the shadow of him that she doesn't even know. Some nebulous person that's long dead.]
No. You want to be close to Ben Solo.
[She's trying to manipulate him, just like everyone else is. Except her intent is perhaps even more sinister than everyone else's. She wants to drag him back to the Light, so it will be impossible for him to resist judgement when it came.
He's just another tool. What he wants doesn't matter. It never has, to anyone.
His non-dominant hand reaches out to call the saber she's discarded into it, and he triggers the activation of both blades, such that they cross and crackle against one another, aimed downward so she can see what he's done. He feels better, like this -- more in control of the situation, and of himself.
She wouldn't resist a fight with her life in danger.]