mental link, v important questions;

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(Tell me, have any of you spoken to Cathaway within the last two months.)

[The newer Hosts are the most likely suspects, but perhaps through the link—

Perhaps he feels nothing not because of distance, but because she's chosen to keep him locked out. The possibility is a nagging itch at the base of his skull; he'd rather know for certain.]

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[How dare he? He enlightens her, brings her a revelation that the rest of the Nest might never see— might never deserve to see— and he's the villain for it? She should be so lucky. So grateful.

Ren recoils as if struck, confusion left as a tangled lifeline between them, sticking to his skin, his every conscious thought; even in feeling her shock, her horror, he fails to comprehend its source. Perhaps she wasn't ready, perhaps she's incapable of grasping what it means for them.

Is this why Cathaway had chosen him alone? Had he somehow mistakenly shared something too valuable for her mind to fully comprehend?]

(She chose me—) [There's a note of urgency in it, almost pleading her to see reason.] (She chose all of us.

Can't you understand what that means?)

[snaphiss]

( Then you are a fool chosen by fools. What you want is death. )

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(If it was death I would have been done with this before you ever laid your lonely hands on me.)

[Cruel and cutting; the subject is sore for them both for entirely opposite reasons. Snoke, after all, had always been there. Not presently, not potently, but he'd felt it. He'd felt it.]

(But if you're so afraid, be like him— limp away. -Leave-.)

[snaphiss]

( You have no clue what you're talking about. Go ahead, roll over for them. )

[One final thing, though. It's nice, because it's not even a lie:]

( Vader had his flaws, but he never would have let himself be used in such a way. )

[And then she cuts the connection, jagged and rushed. Any more attempts to contact he will be met with painful feedback; she's boobytrapped the connection with memories of pain.]

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