It's probably the worst thing she could have done— which is immediately obvious in way his expression shifts. He never enjoys hearing that name, but here and now it inflicts a wound. He all but staggers back physically from the blow.
She hadn't meant to hurt him, though, which he can feel so clearly he has to suck in a fresh lungful of air between his gritted teeth. She hadn't meant to hurt him at all.
"Rey," he replies. It isn't barbed with bitterness. It's possible this is as close as Kylo Ren comes to experiencing relief. "It's you."
As in, it's really you. As if he's been fighting through an army of impostors to reach her.
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It's probably the worst thing she could have done— which is immediately obvious in way his expression shifts. He never enjoys hearing that name, but here and now it inflicts a wound. He all but staggers back physically from the blow.
She hadn't meant to hurt him, though, which he can feel so clearly he has to suck in a fresh lungful of air between his gritted teeth. She hadn't meant to hurt him at all.
"Rey," he replies. It isn't barbed with bitterness. It's possible this is as close as Kylo Ren comes to experiencing relief. "It's you."
As in, it's really you. As if he's been fighting through an army of impostors to reach her.
"It's you."