[atop his new tree stump pedestal, kavinsky towers over kylo ren, now! by at least a few inches.

he smiles down at the force master. jedi-killer.]

Could you deal? [he asks.] If your boy came back, and he didn't remember you. Wouldn't stay dead, either, [just gonna head off the aforementioned kylo ren solution to interdimensional boyfriend problems.] Could you see him choose someone first, accept that. Your new place. Could you do it?

[the energy off kavinsky is different than it would have been a few weeks ago. a year ago, certainly. no suppurating wound, no ruined agony. it is: just a question. or at least, nearly.]