[Where there is light, so too must a shadow be cast, persisting always in its wake.
Words he'd heard often as a boy, sat listlessly before his uncle - his given teacher. Back then Luke had meant it as a cautionary warning, a way to remind his students that they were always in danger of slipping backwards into darkness with little more than a single step. Back then, he never really cared. His own thoughts were far, and muddied, and his focus drifted as often as instruction died down.
Now, though, the words echo in his ears. More true than they've ever been, and more relevant in the moment that he reaches out across the distance to map the contours of her presence: she's close. Ren feels the calmness of her heart in a contrast to his own's fervent hunger, knows-- without needing confirmation-- she feels the same. Bound to this point, this conflict, by fate. The Light and her cast shadow. Her monster stalking in the dark.]
You should be running while you still have the chance. [The mask distorts his voice again, blocking her from seeing the deep scarring she left behind when Luke's saber stole down into his skin. It's healed, at least. As much as it ever will.]
the saddest to ever step out of Hot Topic (also sorry for being slow, vacation is cruel!)
Words he'd heard often as a boy, sat listlessly before his uncle - his given teacher. Back then Luke had meant it as a cautionary warning, a way to remind his students that they were always in danger of slipping backwards into darkness with little more than a single step. Back then, he never really cared. His own thoughts were far, and muddied, and his focus drifted as often as instruction died down.
Now, though, the words echo in his ears. More true than they've ever been, and more relevant in the moment that he reaches out across the distance to map the contours of her presence: she's close. Ren feels the calmness of her heart in a contrast to his own's fervent hunger, knows-- without needing confirmation-- she feels the same. Bound to this point, this conflict, by fate. The Light and her cast shadow. Her monster stalking in the dark.]
You should be running while you still have the chance. [The mask distorts his voice again, blocking her from seeing the deep scarring she left behind when Luke's saber stole down into his skin. It's healed, at least. As much as it ever will.]