"That's her." Somehow, it doesn't surprise him that she hadn't bothered introducing herself. He wonders what exactly she had said instead that let Vader put it together just now, but the thought is cut short by Vader's question.
How, exactly, would the Resistance be dealt with if that conflict were decided once and for all? The simplest answer would be all of them, but of course that answer can't be so simple. It's a question he's managed to avoid seriously contemplating thus far. Something he hasn't wanted to.
"For now, the Resistance is less of a priority than it once was. There are few of them left, and they've been lying low." It's not a direct answer to the question, but it's the best he can give. His gaze drops away from Vader's, voice less certain.
"Their leader is my mother. Their best single fighter, the woman the Force brought me to. Another of their 'heroes' is a stormtrooper turned traitor... but also someone I know Rey would protect." It's complicated. Just so damnably complicated. A part of him wishes, not for the first time, that he were capable of just not caring about any of it. But that's never been possible, and the more he speaks to his grandfather, the more he suspects that maybe that was never possible for him, either.
He looks up again, a hint of just how lost he feels in the role of Supreme Leader visible in his expression. "What would you do?"
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How, exactly, would the Resistance be dealt with if that conflict were decided once and for all? The simplest answer would be all of them, but of course that answer can't be so simple. It's a question he's managed to avoid seriously contemplating thus far. Something he hasn't wanted to.
"For now, the Resistance is less of a priority than it once was. There are few of them left, and they've been lying low." It's not a direct answer to the question, but it's the best he can give. His gaze drops away from Vader's, voice less certain.
"Their leader is my mother. Their best single fighter, the woman the Force brought me to. Another of their 'heroes' is a stormtrooper turned traitor... but also someone I know Rey would protect." It's complicated. Just so damnably complicated. A part of him wishes, not for the first time, that he were capable of just not caring about any of it. But that's never been possible, and the more he speaks to his grandfather, the more he suspects that maybe that was never possible for him, either.
He looks up again, a hint of just how lost he feels in the role of Supreme Leader visible in his expression. "What would you do?"