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1 " But no one here understands…except Kylo Ren. If the son of Han and Leia can be turned, can’t any of us? "
― Rae Carson ,
2 " You won’t know how strong you are until you know how strong you have to be. "
3 " Han Solo was his past. But Rey was his light. "
4 " He had failed to kill the light within himself because it had been all around him all along. In Rey. His mother. Even…his father. "
5 " But the ambition that cut into his being was the thought of reigning side by side with her. They were connected. They had defeated Snoke. Together they would be invincible. "
6 " He hardly paid attention, he kept seeing her face, the way her lips had parted with surprise, the way her body had canted towards him "
7 " What would Leia do? "
8 " Her Skywalker legacy would go to Rey, Organa to Poe, and she would try one last time to pass her Solo legacy to her son. "
9 " Something dark and inescapable moved within him, and he understood that he was viewing a monument. So much history and memory all in one place, and he was caught between reverence and rage. This was his inheritance; he knew it like he knew the feel of a lightsaber in his grip. But monuments preserved the past, and if he had learned anything recently it was that the past needed to die. "
10 " Knowing something in her head was different from knowing it in her heart. Rey had understood on some level that she wasn't alone anymore, but now she knew it, and it was so wonderful it hurt. Tears filled her eyes. Loneliness was a kind of agony. But belonging was another. "
11 " He acknowledged her, and Rey’s lips parted in surprise. It felt different now. The connection was…right. Good. Like coming home. "
12 " He said that a lot back then. When I did this on Dagobah…It was obnoxious and completely unhelpful. So Leia reminded him, “You’re being obnoxious and completely unhelpful. "
13 " The glow of his lightsaber occasionally snagged on his cheek scar, making it appear as though a crack of glowing lava slashed his face. It was like something out of a dream, or maybe a nightmare, "
14 " The Princess of Alderaan has disrupted my plan, "
15 " At last the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. They day of victory is at hand. The day of revenge. The day of the Sith. "
16 " Okay, mostly rations. Her Resistance friends were always complaining about the food, saying it was tasteless and unsatisfying, but Rey had no idea what they were talking about. She’d never eaten so well in her life, or so often. She always kept a few nutrient packs stuffed under her cot, though. Just in case. "
17 " That’s our chance,” said Lando. He’d changed his Aki-Aki garb for bright clothing and a knee-length cape. Poe really liked his cape. He’d have to ask about it when all this was over. "
18 " Kylo really hated that ship. "
19 " Lando went on: “First Order went after us—the leaders from the old wars. They took our kids.” His gaze grew distant. “My girl wasn’t even old enough to walk. Far as I know, she’s a stormtrooper now. "
20 " Of all of them, Leia had been unturnable. "