[ It might have been easier on her, if she never found out. On an edge-of-nowhere ball of dust like Jakku, daydreams are as dear as water. Something to chase. It doesn't matter how much or how little she thought about it. It was a possibility, and now it's a loss.
If things were different, he thinks-- he shouldn't think about it, he knows. But he thinks Ben would have liked her. He would have liked having her as part of the family, he thinks.
Or maybe it's just wistful thinking.
He can't look at her, not right now. For a long moment he's quiet, looking out at nothing, trying to find some way to answer. ]
We lost him, [ he says slowly, carefully, ] after he went to train with Luke. One of his apprentices turned against him...
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If things were different, he thinks-- he shouldn't think about it, he knows. But he thinks Ben would have liked her. He would have liked having her as part of the family, he thinks.
Or maybe it's just wistful thinking.
He can't look at her, not right now. For a long moment he's quiet, looking out at nothing, trying to find some way to answer. ]
We lost him, [ he says slowly, carefully, ] after he went to train with Luke. One of his apprentices turned against him...
[ It's not untrue.
It's a lie.
He shakes his head. ]