[ She meets his gaze squarely and openly, nothing hidden on her face. There is only sorrow and acceptance, there. ]
I remember, yes.
Kylo, you've done terrible things. I don't know the full extent of them, and I have not inquired. You can tell me, at any point, if that is what you need, but I do not otherwise feel a need to know the details. [ Her hands are still resting on his shoulders, her gaze still earnest. ]
I understand Leia's desire to know why. To know how you could have done it. I feel it myself, sometimes -- Anakin --
[ Her voice falters and she looks away for a long moment. ]
I love him, Kylo. I love him more than life itself. [ She looks back at him after a moment, her small smile at even Anakin's name still sad. ]
It does not mean that I do not struggle to reconcile the person I know and love and care for with the person who committed those atrocities. They are the same person. I have to find a way to accept that, and so far I have.
Leia here -- she did not know you before this. She's still very young, and very angry -- her planet was destroyed in front of her eyes mere months ago, from her perspective. She didn't even know you existed until recently. She only found out upon arriving here it was her father who tortured her and destroyed the planet and parents she knew as her home.
Of course you are more. Of course you are a whole person. But there must be time, to heal and accept. She would rather fight, I think.
[ She pauses, sighs. ] Perhaps you both must walk your own paths, for the moment. You will not find what you are looking for from your mother in her because she is not that person yet. And Leia -- I do not think she knows, yet, what she is looking for.
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I remember, yes.
Kylo, you've done terrible things. I don't know the full extent of them, and I have not inquired. You can tell me, at any point, if that is what you need, but I do not otherwise feel a need to know the details. [ Her hands are still resting on his shoulders, her gaze still earnest. ]
I understand Leia's desire to know why. To know how you could have done it. I feel it myself, sometimes -- Anakin --
[ Her voice falters and she looks away for a long moment. ]
I love him, Kylo. I love him more than life itself. [ She looks back at him after a moment, her small smile at even Anakin's name still sad. ]
It does not mean that I do not struggle to reconcile the person I know and love and care for with the person who committed those atrocities. They are the same person. I have to find a way to accept that, and so far I have.
Leia here -- she did not know you before this. She's still very young, and very angry -- her planet was destroyed in front of her eyes mere months ago, from her perspective. She didn't even know you existed until recently. She only found out upon arriving here it was her father who tortured her and destroyed the planet and parents she knew as her home.
Of course you are more. Of course you are a whole person. But there must be time, to heal and accept. She would rather fight, I think.
[ She pauses, sighs. ] Perhaps you both must walk your own paths, for the moment. You will not find what you are looking for from your mother in her because she is not that person yet. And Leia -- I do not think she knows, yet, what she is looking for.