"Wh..what I want?" He stuttered, just as uncomfortable with the closeness as he was the sudden lack of it.

A few awkwardly long moments passed before Ben shook himself out of this apparent trance and rose to his feet. He felt a little stronger looking down at Maz than the other way around. But her question burned through his mind so intensely that it hurt.

"What I want? What I want is for people to stop asking me what I want!" He snapped. "I don't have wants! I have the Force!"

And yet, his mind was screaming, 'I want to run. I want to disappear. I want to be free of this pain.'