Unfortunately for Ronan, the turmoil stirred within him by Kylo's rejection only serves to prolong the unfortunate. Kylo stares at Ronan with wild, naked fury not because he sees the roiling storm ordinarily hidden at the core of him, but because the shattered mirror's unwelcome reflection has transferred itself onto Ronan's face. Kylo sees himself. His other self.

"I killed you," he hisses. Seethes. His fingers curl, tight. Should it even be possible, for the mages to have summoned him twice? Ben belongs to the past— but so, he remembers as he glares at the boy he destroyed, does his grandfather.

"You're dead."