[It is laughable, isn't it. Kylo's lips twist.]

You'd be surprised. You only saw her at the end, fleeing with the last of her forces, but there was a time where she had great fleets of ships at her disposal. And yet, that was the first time I'd felt anything of her since she sent me away as a child. She had years to demonstrate it, if she truly felt anything other than regret for her failure to control me. She knew where I was. I wasn't hiding. I just wasn't as important to her as her great plan for the Galaxy.

[His gaze swings back to Julie's face, hard. Heavy. A little challenging, perhaps, daring her to disagree.]

She was far more talented at avoiding attachment than I ever was.