[Which is perhaps why Ren is quick to stop him from continuing his given tasklist, stepping pointedly in front of the General's path in the middle of a narrow, dropping corridor once the matter of his speech has been seen to. Still and squared-off from the sharpness of his stare to the set of his broad shoulders beneath their cloak; quiet, though that isn't uncharacteristic of the apprentice in general.] You seem better.
[It's an attempt at broaching conversation - or perhaps successfully making amends the way he failed to earlier. He knows-- just as he's always known, in spite of their inability to see eye-to-eye-- that there is truth in his galvanizing speeches. That they are intended to be a machine devoted to the galaxy, bringing order where none exists, guided by the Supreme Leader's hand. So long as the events that led to Starkiller's collapse are a bitter, open wound, they stand little chance against overwhelming chaos.]
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[It's an attempt at broaching conversation - or perhaps successfully making amends the way he failed to earlier. He knows-- just as he's always known, in spite of their inability to see eye-to-eye-- that there is truth in his galvanizing speeches. That they are intended to be a machine devoted to the galaxy, bringing order where none exists, guided by the Supreme Leader's hand. So long as the events that led to Starkiller's collapse are a bitter, open wound, they stand little chance against overwhelming chaos.]