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Who: Rey and Open
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On S.S. Bloodsport.
When: Tuesday morning.

I'm not sure how to ask this... [But she needs to otherwise she is going to spend ages flying shuttles around the fleet.] How many people from my...universe?...are present? It's not as easy as I thought it would be to keep in contact and I've been working on schematics...

[Well that explains the ink wiped carelessly on one of her cheeks.]

I have this feeling; I can't explain it.

It's almost like something has gone silent when it had been...loud.

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[He's still feeling off about Barriss and Phasma leaving in a way he can't quite put his finger on. Either way, he doesn't like it.

But he does know he's pleased with the pilot's departure.]

I'm not sure anymore. I haven't kept track recently.

[He hadn't seen Obi-Wan or any of the other Jedi around recently. With any luck, Obi-Wan got lost in the forest and would be stuck there.]

[He doesn't sound nearly as upset as her, but maybe that is self-control. ~~But he worries her at times like this. How can he be so composed? So...cold?~~]

I should have been. [Between piloting, learning about ships (especially the wreckage on the planet they visited) and trying to tap into her...Force...skills, the time has flown by.] He was my friend and...I liked Barriss.

[He knew he couldn't afford to get upset at Barriss and Phasma leaving. It would only leave him more vulnerable than he could afford.]

Barriss was...interesting. Certainly not what I would expect of a Jedi. [No, he missed her and it was a strange, uncomfortable feeling.]

[Emotions aren't a vulnerability for her. She doesn't hide her tears from him or the way she curls up against one of her ship's walls.]

I don't think you can be make broad assumptions about any group.

Tears aren't going to change anything.

[He pointed out, but tears made him uncomfortable in emotional situations. He has no intention of being comforting, not that he even knew how to begin with that.]

They are still gone.

There's nothing wrong with tears if you love someone. [She wipes at them with the heel of her hand.] What about...Captain Phasma? Do you miss her?

Tears don't help them.

[He was quiet for a moment, considering her question.] It was nice to have her around, she and I have the same goals. However, I have to be realistic and I understand that she is needed back in our home galaxy than she is here.

But they help you deal with...losing them. Missing them. [Her nose wrinkles.] You make it sound like nothing matters to you but your goals. What if they don't work out?

We're all needed back...there.

I am realistic and practical. I cannot afford to get emotional and attached. As a general, that could easily compromise what I have to do, compromise my command or compromise what I must do.

That is how I have always done things, that doesn't change here.

You're not a General here. [Which won't make him happy, she knows.] We're all on the same playing field. Besides, I saw another General mourn the loss of...someone close to her. She seemed so strong for doing it.

I may not have my star destroyer or army here but I am always a General of the First Order.

Being an officer of the First Order or the Empire isn't something learned in the academy to be set aside whenever it's convenient, it's a part of me and always will be.

You're a human too.

There are many things I had to sacrifice along the way.

Hux, you can't sacrifice that. It isn't possible.

The child you met had to be left behind in order to survive. I learned a valuable lesson that day that allowing emotions to get the best of me did absolutely nothing.

I don't believe that child is dead.

You've only quieted him.

Why do you think that? You know what I've done.

I...don't think anyone is too far gone, I guess. I definitely don't agree with your...practices...and I will do what it takes to stop you and Kylo Ren, but no one is hopeless.

What do you intend to do here then? You know I cannot fight you, I have no command of the Force.

I promised I wouldn't fight you while we're here. We've learned a lot from each other, haven't we? I don't regret that.

If you are looking to make me feel any type of remorse or change who I am, you will be disappointed.

I know. But I will still try.

You are going to try even though you know your efforts will be in vain?

I do not think them in vain. People can change even if it takes a long, long time.

What if I do not want to change?

You may not have a choice.

I wasn't given one.

Yes, you were. There is always a choice.

There's no way I could have lived with myself if I did anything differently.

So you're doing it to feel better about yourself. I'm sure you think it's noble but you're doing what Jedi before have done. Imposing their way of life on everyone simply because they can and have the power to do so. It's what led to their downfall during the Old Republic.

No. I did it because...

I have to move forward. Whether I benefit or not doesn't really matter right now. I have to do what is right.

[He trailed off then, not sure what to say. No one had ever spoken to him like this before.]

I am going to work on the plans. I will let you know when I am finished.

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