Is that what you tell yourself to help the pain? Have you fooled yourself into believing I wanted to be found by you?

[ He has shown her his soft underbelly in hoping that she might still be turned to his cause, still might be saved, still might be his. Rey's words aim to target it, prodding cruelly — tauntingly, almost, for how she openly scoffs at the idea. Kylo Ren had always reduced her to feeling like a lost child in need of answers; now, it seems he is clinging at something, anything, to convince himself of a better future for himself. Unable to accept the consequences. In that moment, she hates him even more for it.

She doesn't hesitate to try to drive the knife in deeper, ripping through any illusions, when she snaps, ]

I was waiting for the distance to kill us both. [ If she could not attack him directly, it would have to suffice. A decent enough strategy, effective, until he had finally found her. Above all else, he would be made to feel as empty, suffering alongside her. ] I would choose that fate a thousand times over if it meant getting away from you.