[there's a cold, empty despair inside him that spreads before she even finishes saying what he already knows she's going to say. he should've known that was coming from the moment he woke up here. there was no other way for it to end.

time to make good on the words he'd uttered multiple times. he couldn't speak for finn, didn't know if he'd buckle or not -- but he knows himself.]

As long as I'm alive, the Resistance is. I'm never gonna bow to you, Rey. Kill me or keep me locked up like you've got Finn, it doesn't matter.