[Luke really doesn't want to do this. Well, part of him does? But a lot of him really, really isn't sure he'll ever be ready for this. But since Luke had given Rey his word. He's now bound to do this. Because if he doesn't? She's going to find out and.... he'd prefer to avoid that.
Rey's kind of scary when she's angry. But hey, maybe he'll be lucky and Kylo's pre-emptively blocked his number. Then he can say he tried and that'll be the end of it.]
I know you don't want to hear from me. but we should talk. If just for her sake.
[Kylo really does not want to receive this, but if anything could make him respond reasonably rather than either purely ignoring it or being immediately antagonistic, it's invoking Rey. So. Good choice there.]
[That's a... really good question actually. Luke's not really sure what they're supposed to talk about, but it's pretty obvious that Rey wants them to at least try and get along even the tiniest bit. If just so it makes her life easier.]
I know it might seem foolish, but Rey thinks there's a chance that maybe we've been given a chance to change things in my future. I know that probably won't help you, because it's highly unlikely that what you've been through can be undone. I know I probably don't know the full picture still, but I doknow that what he.... what I did isn't okay. And if there's a way to make a timeline where it doesn't happen, then of course I've got to try.
[Which uh... none of this really answers his question, does it?]
But like it or not, having two of the people who are among the most important to her at odds like this, it isn't really doing her any favors.
[If nothing else - Odds of them accidentally bonding over keeping Vader sane now that Obi-Wan has vanished just like Leia and Padme?]
[To him, that's not an argument against any of what's been said here so much as a statement of fact.]
I don't know whether you knowing changes anything. I wouldn't have expected the Luke I knew to do what he did, either.
[He's very sure the Luke who practically raised him from the time he was ten and taught him and the other students how to be Jedi would not have advocated attacking a relative in their sleep. And yet.]
Maybe not for you, no. Though I wish I could. I mean it.
[And now have some of that trademark Young Luke Skywalker Hope and Optimism. Because even if he did spend entirely too much time recently being mopey about his mom and sister, he's still that same hopeful guy at his core.]
But if there's one thing we've learned from this place, it's that time isn't as rigid as we'd thought. Maybe I can't undo what's been done to you, but I can certainly try and make sure that when I eventually go back? That I don't make the same decisions that Luke did.
[Does he think that's possible? Who knows, really. Nor is he sure how he feels about it, when on one hand, he knows that event shouldn't have happened, but on the other, he has no idea who he would be if that hadn't set him on the path he'd taken. What happens to him, if he somehow goes back to such a changed world?
But none of that touches the idea of whatever peace this Luke is attempting to make for Rey's sake.]
[Why wouldn't it be? It shouldn't be possible for him to meet his dead mother, but he's gotten to do that. Just like Kylo's gotten to meet his mother as a nine year old. If that doesn't show that time is super weird and not as definite as they'd thought. What does?]
I don't either.
[Honesty is the best policy after all.]
But what I do know, is that us being at odds like this is bothering Rey a lot. I'm not saying you have to like me. Not even saying you have to forgive me. Because for one, I haven't actually done anything and two, he hasn't done anything to deserve it. But there has to be some way we can make this easier on Rey.
[Not seeing things in extremes and black and white. It's not very jedilike of him but shhhh.
There's quite a few deleted sentences that happened before he actually managed to reply.]
You don't have to like me, but we need to at least try to get along peacefully. Maybe you've known her longer, but Rey doesn't seem like someone who anyone gets to let do anything.
[He still isn't entirely certain what that changes, considering he's already past the point of going out of his way to be antagonistic and he doesn't really plan to spend any more time around Luke than he needs to. But that does mean that it's something he can generally agree to.]
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Date: 2022-11-23 03:51 am (UTC)From:Rey's kind of scary when she's angry. But hey, maybe he'll be lucky and Kylo's pre-emptively blocked his number. Then he can say he tried and that'll be the end of it.]
I know you don't want to hear from me. but we should talk.
If just for her sake.
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Date: 2022-11-30 03:05 am (UTC)From:What about?
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Date: 2022-11-30 07:41 pm (UTC)From:I know it might seem foolish, but Rey thinks there's a chance that maybe we've been given a chance to change things in my future.
I know that probably won't help you, because it's highly unlikely that what you've been through can be undone.
I know I probably don't know the full picture still, but I doknow that what he.... what I did isn't okay.
And if there's a way to make a timeline where it doesn't happen, then of course I've got to try.
[Which uh... none of this really answers his question, does it?]
But like it or not, having two of the people who are among the most important to her at odds like this, it isn't really doing her any favors.
[If nothing else - Odds of them accidentally bonding over keeping Vader sane now that Obi-Wan has vanished just like Leia and Padme?]
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Date: 2022-11-30 09:01 pm (UTC)From:[To him, that's not an argument against any of what's been said here so much as a statement of fact.]
I don't know whether you knowing changes anything. I wouldn't have expected the Luke I knew to do what he did, either.
[He's very sure the Luke who practically raised him from the time he was ten and taught him and the other students how to be Jedi would not have advocated attacking a relative in their sleep. And yet.]
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Date: 2022-11-30 11:33 pm (UTC)From:Though I wish I could. I mean it.
[And now have some of that trademark Young Luke Skywalker Hope and Optimism. Because even if he did spend entirely too much time recently being mopey about his mom and sister, he's still that same hopeful guy at his core.]
But if there's one thing we've learned from this place, it's that time isn't as rigid as we'd thought.
Maybe I can't undo what's been done to you, but I can certainly try and make sure that when I eventually go back?
That I don't make the same decisions that Luke did.
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Date: 2022-12-01 05:07 am (UTC)From:But none of that touches the idea of whatever peace this Luke is attempting to make for Rey's sake.]
I don't know what that means for right now.
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Date: 2022-12-02 01:28 am (UTC)From:I don't either.
[Honesty is the best policy after all.]
But what I do know, is that us being at odds like this is bothering Rey a lot.
I'm not saying you have to like me.
Not even saying you have to forgive me.
Because for one, I haven't actually done anything and two, he hasn't done anything to deserve it.
But there has to be some way we can make this easier on Rey.
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Date: 2022-12-14 04:50 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2022-12-15 05:20 am (UTC)From:Not everything has to be extremes you know.
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Date: 2022-12-19 02:13 am (UTC)From:I know you have no intention to do what the older you did. If I expected that sort of danger from you, I wouldn't let you near Rey.
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Date: 2023-01-04 08:50 pm (UTC)From:There's quite a few deleted sentences that happened before he actually managed to reply.]
You don't have to like me, but we need to at least try to get along peacefully.
Maybe you've known her longer, but Rey doesn't seem like someone who anyone gets to let do anything.
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:30 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2023-01-10 01:14 am (UTC)From:Figure it's the least we can do.
Deal?
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Date: 2023-01-10 02:04 am (UTC)From:Deal.
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Date: 2023-01-11 11:29 pm (UTC)From: