For Kylo, ostensibly Supreme Leader of the galaxy following Snoke's demise, running a city isn't quite the flex it might be for most people. For Thorne? He isn't sure. Certainly hearing that Nadine has no powers or magic of her own blows a hole in most of his theories regarding the reasons the High Mage might have summoned them in the first place, which has his brow drawn into a deep furrow.

"Perhaps they want your city," he suggests dubiously. "You treated well while he languishes in the dungeons. Leverage."