[The wind knocked from his lungs, it takes a second for him to muster up the energy for a reply. One thing he knows for sure is that he doesn't want anywhere near the Supremacy. The prospect of a mind probe is -- horrifying, but not quite as terror inducing as one might think. No, he understands her perfectly.

She is going to give him to Snoke directly. That is terrifying. He has to think quick--]

--I can take you.

[It comes out on a blurt -- its a desperate lie, until a plan starts to form.]

I can take you to the base. But you can't bring the Stormtroopers -- they'll draw too much attention, and they'll run again.

[None of that appears to be a lie either, but Ben has gone slightly white, and he isn't meeting Kira's eyes. Shame?]