Empatheias Mailbox/Amulet

[lostapprentice]

[God forbid you have to deal with this absolute mess, but he has a mailbox and can be contacted through the crystals.]

Comments

[oratorical]

I don't understand why he has to be, especially here of all places.

[back home is something she's determined to change, to help Ben not have to go through all of this, but here it's something he has to choose.]

[lostapprentice]

[For a moment, Kylo thinks about trying to explain it to her, but that reaches too far into his feelings about himself to be even remotely comfortable to speak about, much less with her.]

No, you wouldn't understand.

[Thinking of returning to that name—it would be a disgrace, for one. He has no intention of being anyone but Kylo Ren.]

It is what it is. He's not coming back.

[oratorical]

I'm still going to think of you as Ben.

[Which she knows he knows, but she feels the need to say it.]

I can't just give up on him. On you.

[lostapprentice]

Then I hope you're prepared for disappointment.

[Things would be so much easier—for everyone—if she did give up. To Kylo, all this is doing is making things more painful for no good reason.]