[open] be the water where I'm wading

[provenforce]

Who: Rey and open
What: Things throughout the month of September
When: September
Where: Thorne, Nott, Horizon



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[provenforce]

She can feel Kylo's influence here, obvious now that she's standing fully in the domain. She hadn't realized two people could share a domain, but this seemed like they had grown together. It almost feels like she's invading, but then the door had always been there.

Aware of Ronan coming closer she turns to look at him, self-conscious as she shrugs her shoulders.

"I feel like I'm not high on your list of people you'd let into your inner sanctum."

[nightwash]

Without any need to so much as blink in dreamspace, Ronan watches Rey with an uninterrupted stare. He looks less like the Ronan of the waking world and more like a very convincing wax figure come to life. Somehow his eyes look even bluer than they did a moment ago, illuminated by some inner glow.

"I think you're the only one allowed there," he observes before giving a dismissive wave toward their surroundings. "But this isn't that."

There is only one thing Ronan would call his inner sanctum, and Kylo isn't here at the moment.

"I think he was hoping you'd come here eventually."

[provenforce]

Rey in contrast stands as rooted in her reality as ever, a little dirty from her work even though the parts of the Falcon had no reason to leave behind grease and grime when they weren't real, but that was reality to her. She observes Ronan curiously, like he's a puzzle that she just can't quite figure out, pressing her lips together when he mentions Kylo.

"I've seen the inside of his mind without his permission before, I didn't want to intrude here unless he invited me," she knows this isn't the same, this is much more structured than the chaos of his mind, and with the control that everyone has over their landscapes he could of course change it to reflect whatever he wanted. Still, she wanted him to tell her himself that he wanted her here.

[nightwash]

"He's always inviting you."

How strange that she doesn't see it. In the Horizon, Ronan can sense the pull between Rey and Kylo as if following a cord, but even in the waking world, he's caught it more than he cares to. He sees it in Kylo's gaze when it passes over her, in the subtle shift of his posture when she's near. How desperately Kylo wishes she would look at him, approach him, speak to him.

Ronan could say more, but he knows Kylo wouldn't want him to.

"Is it what you expected?" he asks instead, gesturing to their surroundings.

[provenforce]

"He doesn't say it," Rey replies a little dubiously, looking away again. Maybe that's their problem, they're both just waiting for the other to say something out loud even though they know each other's minds. At his question she looks around again, thoughtfully, before shaking her head.

"I think I expected more First Order, polished metal. The volcano does make sense, though." Maybe more sense than any First Order touches would, even if that had been his life before coming to this place. It wasn't a part of him, not the way the dirty panels and old wiring of the Falcon was a part of her.