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[sololoquy]

WISHLIST (TROS SPOILERS) anything force-bond related, but especially: slow-burn corruption (either direction) inappropriately timed force bond moments (both nsfw and humor approaches) dream-sharing emotional bleed/transference (from rey, involving other parties) inappropriate force bond voyeurism on rey/poe or rey/finn mid-conversation force bond interruption The Rise of Skywalker- Cross-galaxy chase of the Resistance anything related to ben solo, but especially: snoke confessionals with family or friends of family returning to the light smuggler life style jedi knight ben resistance-fighter ben The Rise of Skywalker- Force Ghost communications w/ Rey anything related to supreme leader kylo ren, but especially: fall via coup resistance fighter reconditioning (gen or nsfw) force ghost visits from anakin/luke/rey/leia/snoke defeat by the resistance, and subsequent aftermath The Rise of Skywalker- Mole Discovery w/ Hux canto bight: shady weapons deals picking up prisoners recruitment obligatory dinner party general casino shenanigans beach party basically any reason you can think of to use canto bight as a setting piece A note on romance: I will ship all of the new trilogy characters with Kylo Ren (except Snoke/Family). But I have no interest in exploring domestic-style takes on them. Thank you for understanding.

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[sololoquy]

That's--no, but that doesn't change what I said.

[He hisses it a little irritably. He feels the persistent nudge and his discomfort is palpable, making it more difficult for him to sneak. He's starting to regret requesting to leave the ship at all.

Ben tries to stave off the feeling by adjusting his cufflinks.]

Unless you're trying to tell me that you don't care about having an advantage, which I don't actually believe.

[forcevisions]

[ she doesn't answer. any answer she provided would only serve to reveal more than she wanted to offer. the truth was that any price was too high to be worth coming back here for, but she hadn't had a choice in the matter. she thinks about what ben had said — about freedom. ]

Do you think you're free?

[ she glances back at him. ]

Not now. Not in my custody. In your ship. Do you think that's freedom?

[sololoquy]

Yes?

[He answers it in a manner that suggests that he doesn't understand what she could possibly be implying. Ben meets her eyes, squinting.]

I mean -- sure, it would be less of a hassle if your dogs would stay off my tail, but I didn't say anything about it being easy.

[forcevisions]

No one's free.

[ she shakes her head. ]

I came here because the Supreme Leader commanded it. You came here because he killed your father.

[sololoquy]

[That gets him to stop walking, knuckles cracking into a fist in an effort to calm himself from the swell of indignation that suddenly threatens to eat him alive.]

I came here because I picked up a job. By choice. Being able to choose where you go, and what you want to do -- by the sound of it, you don't even know what that's like.

[forcevisions]

A job you picked up because you followed in your father's footsteps. A path laid out for you by the First Order. Or … was it by your mother?

[ she stops too, turning to face him more fully. ]

I may be a cog in a machine, Ben, but at least I know that I'm nothing to them.

[sololoquy]

[He frowns furiously and inhales to stuff his anger back in the box. It won't help him here -- in fact, it might actively work against him if he fails to keep it in check.]

If it was up to my mother, I'd be running in the Resistance with her.

[He says nothing about his father. He doesn't want to broach that subject yet.]