[Rey's expression sours immediately. Her lips twist downward, and she steps away from him. The movement isn't jerky, but purposeful: she doesn't want to step away and make him think that he has power at the same time. But she's not surprised. She's not surprised in the least.]
Do you think it'll make you feel powerful? [she asks.] Because you don't look anymore powerful from where I'm standing. Not after killing your father.
[Compared to her, he's in binds.
Strength isn't necessarily something that she feels she needs to weigh against other people. In that, her anger doesn't fuel her. It doesn't offer her a stronger connection to the Force. Instead, it blinds her, and she's not used to handling it (or not handling it, as the case may be with Kylo Ren). "Anger" isn't a natural state for her, nor will it ever be.
That certainty is where her strength lies. Rey has lived on hope her entire life. She has lived believing that the course of events in her life were all mistakes, and that one day, they would be set right. Where she could be bitter, she isn't.
So, she doesn't rise to his challenge—not to the degree that she could. "Powerless." When she looks at his face, she doesn't see someone who's powerless. She knows that her ability to offer him help makes her stronger in many ways, because even with him, she can believe in hope, though she doesn't know if he's really worth having that weigh upon him.]
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Do you think it'll make you feel powerful? [she asks.] Because you don't look anymore powerful from where I'm standing. Not after killing your father.
[Compared to her, he's in binds.
Strength isn't necessarily something that she feels she needs to weigh against other people. In that, her anger doesn't fuel her. It doesn't offer her a stronger connection to the Force. Instead, it blinds her, and she's not used to handling it (or not handling it, as the case may be with Kylo Ren). "Anger" isn't a natural state for her, nor will it ever be.
That certainty is where her strength lies. Rey has lived on hope her entire life. She has lived believing that the course of events in her life were all mistakes, and that one day, they would be set right. Where she could be bitter, she isn't.
So, she doesn't rise to his challenge—not to the degree that she could. "Powerless." When she looks at his face, she doesn't see someone who's powerless. She knows that her ability to offer him help makes her stronger in many ways, because even with him, she can believe in hope, though she doesn't know if he's really worth having that weigh upon him.]