This time Hux could actually see them, and as more than just the flickering heat-haze shimmer that he'd seen before. They were definitely more solid than they looked, he could tell that much, and definitely more dangerous.

He'd been about to warn Kylo of the same thing and instead just cursed, rather creatively. Knocking the troopers unconscious he could do, but only if they got close enough, and he wasn't sure they were going to be stupid enough to take that kind of chance.

But he also wasn't going to let the specter attempting to ambush Kylo get away with it, either, not about to let it get its hooks in. He snarled, moving forward quick and fluid, prepared to tear it away with his bare hands, even though touching it was enough to send a shock of cold almost all the way up to his shoulder, a sort of bone-deep ache.