[ then why did you kill him? that's what's on the tip of his tongue, what he wants to shout out. it stays locked inside, though. it seems like a one-way ticket to brainwashing town when he thinks he's actually making a tiny little amount of progress. maybe he can keep his tendency to fly off the handle in check just this once. just this once, and long enough to have any kind of effect. still naively holding on to that hope that he can turn her. ]

Maybe it's not too late. I'm telling you, it's not too late. Just leave. If you really wanna be like Han Solo, leave. It's what he'd do. He wouldn't care about the consequences.