[Ben collapses when she releases him, taking large gulps of air and coughing in between them to try and reopen his airways.]

So. Die now, or die later. Sounds like good odds.

[His voice is gravely when he says it, but there is something in the way that he smears over his face to say that he doesn't believe her. Even if she were telling the truth, Snoke would never heed her whims. He was the son of Leia Organa. He would be bait, until Snoke inevitably realized that his mother would not take that bait.]

You're not a good liar.

[He imagines that Snoke knows that too. Ben struggles to sit back up, a headache forming between his eyes as he tries to divine a way out of this spectacular mess.]

We can turn and head for the Core. Would he follow there?