[Kylo says nothing, but the way his lip peels back to displace the scar running across his face is more telling than he could otherwise be. As long as they've served together, as often as they've relied-- even if only indirectly-- on one another, it's rare for casual, unguarded interaction to be set down as an option. Necessary as it is now, he isn't any more fond of it.
Particularly with his own, excised weakness leaving behind too much scar tissue.
Still, he stalks inside, pointedly ignoring Hux's current state, his own shoulders hunched forward as if he's somehow tracking prey; wholly incapable of settling.] Snoke wants to be sure you're still capable of fulfilling your duties.
[Which is a lie, but a more palatable course of action than admitting he'd prefer no backlash should Hux turn to isolation and dismay.]
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Particularly with his own, excised weakness leaving behind too much scar tissue.
Still, he stalks inside, pointedly ignoring Hux's current state, his own shoulders hunched forward as if he's somehow tracking prey; wholly incapable of settling.] Snoke wants to be sure you're still capable of fulfilling your duties.
[Which is a lie, but a more palatable course of action than admitting he'd prefer no backlash should Hux turn to isolation and dismay.]