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[bewithme]

u know what to do

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[bewithme]

[ a long long loooong pause ]

I can't be what you want me to be.

[itsjustusnow]

And what do you think that is?

[bewithme]

You know just as well as I.

[itsjustusnow]

Indulge me.

[bewithme]

Why would I do that, when you get entirely too much enjoyment out of any indulgence I give you?

[itsjustusnow]

I do enjoy talking to you, if that's what you're implying.

[He knows it isn't.]

i have been waiting to use this icon

[bewithme]

And provoking me.

[ She's frustrated, but also. Like. This man. This stupid kriffing man. ]

[itsjustusnow]

Challenging you.

[bewithme]

Correction: infuriating.

[itsjustusnow]

I tell you the truth. It's not my fault you find it infuriating.

[bewithme]

You deny your own truths at every available opportunity, Ben. Excuse me if I don't want to hear it.

[itsjustusnow]

[A pause]

Then why are you still talking to me?

[bewithme]

[ More pausing. They're just full of them today. ]

I miss you.

[itsjustusnow]

Then come to me.

[He's persistent, she has to give him that.]

[bewithme]

I can't.

I won't.

[itsjustusnow]

Why?

[bewithme]

I'm not that person.

[itsjustusnow]

What person, Rey?

[bewithme]

I won't stand with you in darkness. Not now. Not ever.

[itsjustusnow]

Only the Jedi and the Sith think in absolutes, and that's why they were wrong. You and I, we can move beyond such outdated rhetoric.

[bewithme]

Don't start. I'm not going to listen to you while you call yourself Supreme Leader and hunt my friends.

[itsjustusnow]

You called me Ben.

[bewithme]

It's your name.

Your true name.

[itsjustusnow]

So what does it matter what I call myself?

[bewithme]

[ she's gonna throw him in an actual dumpster and call it a day. ]

It matters when you're at the head of an oppressive infrastructure that murders people. It's not a nickname.

Come to me when you're ready to become who you truly are. I'll always be here. For Ben Solo. Not Kylo Ren.