[He searches her answer for a trace of a lie -- and finds that he can't locate one. She'll be able to feel the press of him, slightly fevered.
She hasn't left. So he supposes that she's waiting for further explanation. When he is sure that she isn't leaving, he provides it.]
When Finn came to me...he attempted the same process as Commander Dameron. He reached for a truce. Conditional. Insisting that I cease my interactions with you and with Dameron, and instead speak only to him.
[Nonsense, of course. As fragile as Kylo Ren's ego is, that had not been what had triggered this response to Rey. He is not afraid to be feared -- in fact, he prefers it.]
And when I refused his terms, he told me that you thought that I "could do good". And that was why he came to make those demands of me.
[He nods, like he thinks that should be enough of an explanation, given the context he had just offered her. It isn't necessarily the idea that he could do good. He always believed that to be possible, because 'good' was subjective. It was that he had framed it as if she was attempting to manipulate him, and it successfully shattered his trust.
After its out, he glances sideways to call his lightsaber back into his hand lazily, turning it over in a fidget. Now, it is Kylo Ren's turn to feel like a fool. He'd been so ready to accept that Rey was betraying him that he did not stop to consider that Finn didn't really know anything.
But then again, could he be blamed after how many others had let him down? He certainly didn't think so.]
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She hasn't left. So he supposes that she's waiting for further explanation. When he is sure that she isn't leaving, he provides it.]
When Finn came to me...he attempted the same process as Commander Dameron. He reached for a truce. Conditional. Insisting that I cease my interactions with you and with Dameron, and instead speak only to him.
[Nonsense, of course. As fragile as Kylo Ren's ego is, that had not been what had triggered this response to Rey. He is not afraid to be feared -- in fact, he prefers it.]
And when I refused his terms, he told me that you thought that I "could do good". And that was why he came to make those demands of me.
[He nods, like he thinks that should be enough of an explanation, given the context he had just offered her. It isn't necessarily the idea that he could do good. He always believed that to be possible, because 'good' was subjective. It was that he had framed it as if she was attempting to manipulate him, and it successfully shattered his trust.
After its out, he glances sideways to call his lightsaber back into his hand lazily, turning it over in a fidget. Now, it is Kylo Ren's turn to feel like a fool. He'd been so ready to accept that Rey was betraying him that he did not stop to consider that Finn didn't really know anything.
But then again, could he be blamed after how many others had let him down? He certainly didn't think so.]