He was certainly volatile, alternating between a somewhat calm eagerness to help and violent anger. It was hard to predict whether he'd be more like Ben Solo or more like Kylo Ren in any single moment. Perhaps Ben wasn't even sure which one he was at any given moment...
"He was right..." He muttered spitefully, carefully turning the skewered piece of meat. It wasn't cooked, per se, as much as it was absolutely charred. Before Han could even ask for clarification, Ben spat, "The old man on Jakku. The one who had the map to Skywalker. He was right... I... I couldn't escape who I was."
Perhaps there was some sentimentality in Ben's choice of a retreat after all. Not necessarily from memories - Snoke jumbled enough of those - but a sense of connection to something he wished he actually had.
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Date: 2016-07-24 03:52 pm (UTC)"He was right..." He muttered spitefully, carefully turning the skewered piece of meat. It wasn't cooked, per se, as much as it was absolutely charred. Before Han could even ask for clarification, Ben spat, "The old man on Jakku. The one who had the map to Skywalker. He was right... I... I couldn't escape who I was."
Perhaps there was some sentimentality in Ben's choice of a retreat after all. Not necessarily from memories - Snoke jumbled enough of those - but a sense of connection to something he wished he actually had.
"How long before we get to Phu?"