"I don't intend to. I was wrong to shut him out; I'll admit that. Maybe we could've avoided the past year's conflict."
If one of them had stayed their hand a moment longer on the Supremacy. If she'd reached out to him, or even allowed to bond to stay open for more than the space of a few seconds. It had hurt too much, and the dreams kept warning her of what she might become with him at her side.
"We spoke a bit more about everything after -- when I found out about my connection to Palpatine. All this time I thought he just wanted to add my power to his, but I don't think that's all it was anymore."
The fact that he'd just wanted her with him for herself, and not for what she could do, was baffling. They barely knew one another. But it made a difference to how she would've reacted. She would've kept talking to him. It's a mistake she can't unmake, but perhaps a bit more trust in their bond was called for.
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If one of them had stayed their hand a moment longer on the Supremacy. If she'd reached out to him, or even allowed to bond to stay open for more than the space of a few seconds. It had hurt too much, and the dreams kept warning her of what she might become with him at her side.
"We spoke a bit more about everything after -- when I found out about my connection to Palpatine. All this time I thought he just wanted to add my power to his, but I don't think that's all it was anymore."
The fact that he'd just wanted her with him for herself, and not for what she could do, was baffling. They barely knew one another. But it made a difference to how she would've reacted. She would've kept talking to him. It's a mistake she can't unmake, but perhaps a bit more trust in their bond was called for.