[ There have been more than enough times when he could have taken his father up on his offer by now- but something always seems to get in the way. Dimly, very definitely not on a conscious level, Kylo is aware it's possible that's no co-incidence.
There's a lot of risk involved, in attempting this. Particularly now, with Leia having made her position absolutely clear.
But he wants it. And with both Hux and himself having so recently been ported out, he knows now more keenly than ever just how fleeting this opportunity might be.
So he braces himself, opens up the old message his father had left him while he'd been gone, and types a deceptively simple message. ]
I'm free. If you wanted to have that lunch.
[ And there. He hits send, and it's done. Nothing to do now but stare at the screen. ]
BACKDATED TO BEFORE YOU RIPPED OUT MY HEART by which i mean.... mid-feb?
There's a lot of risk involved, in attempting this. Particularly now, with Leia having made her position absolutely clear.
But he wants it. And with both Hux and himself having so recently been ported out, he knows now more keenly than ever just how fleeting this opportunity might be.
So he braces himself, opens up the old message his father had left him while he'd been gone, and types a deceptively simple message. ]
I'm free. If you wanted to have that lunch.
[ And there. He hits send, and it's done.
Nothing to do now but stare at the screen. ]