[Kylo Ren’s bond to the Force could never be called into question at the height of the war. But that had been when all of the threads binding him to it were in tact. With his mother gone and Rey sequestered somewhere far away, Kylo Ren’s power dwindled. No one ever saw, of course — if General Hux ever got wind of it, his reign would end overnight. Nobody was particularly happy with the new Supreme Leader, no more than they were with the previous. But as far as the galaxy knew, he held all the cards. There was no challenging him.
They were wrong, of course. Rey’s distance did not come without consequence. He was still a broad man, but where he had once been muscular, he had atrophied. Now he was simply lean, his eyes sunken and his skin pale. He suspected that, before long, the Dark would sap the last of his strength and he would be left looking just like Snoke had before he’d speared him.
Naturally, when he feels the first brush of their minds, Kylo Ren pursues Rey with a singular focus. He takes a few stormtroopers, in hopes that they will be able to do what he could not.]
I want her alive.
[He spits it feverishly at his troops (who promptly scurry off), desperately clawing on the opposite end of the bond in hopes to recouperate their shared strength before he runs out entirely.]
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They were wrong, of course. Rey’s distance did not come without consequence. He was still a broad man, but where he had once been muscular, he had atrophied. Now he was simply lean, his eyes sunken and his skin pale. He suspected that, before long, the Dark would sap the last of his strength and he would be left looking just like Snoke had before he’d speared him.
Naturally, when he feels the first brush of their minds, Kylo Ren pursues Rey with a singular focus. He takes a few stormtroopers, in hopes that they will be able to do what he could not.]
I want her alive.
[He spits it feverishly at his troops (who promptly scurry off), desperately clawing on the opposite end of the bond in hopes to recouperate their shared strength before he runs out entirely.]