[ She doesn't answer his question now, either, too laser-focused on her critique. ]
It sounds like you've heard all you need to hear.
[ This is the cost of going into hiding, just as it was for Luke, for Ben. Other people get to tell the story. Other people get to speculate and make judgments. In her recluse, she surrendered the right to have any say in the decisions they made about the kind of person she was or even her motives.
She might as well be dead.
Still, resentment burns in her chest. Riku had gone to Kylo Ren, sought answers from him, and now he demanded clarification from her like it was his right to know. None of it was. These problems belonged to her alone. Everything she'd ever done was alone, why would this be any different? ]
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It sounds like you've heard all you need to hear.
[ This is the cost of going into hiding, just as it was for Luke, for Ben. Other people get to tell the story. Other people get to speculate and make judgments. In her recluse, she surrendered the right to have any say in the decisions they made about the kind of person she was or even her motives.
She might as well be dead.
Still, resentment burns in her chest. Riku had gone to Kylo Ren, sought answers from him, and now he demanded clarification from her like it was his right to know. None of it was. These problems belonged to her alone. Everything she'd ever done was alone, why would this be any different? ]