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[letoldthingsdie]

[As Kylo Ren (if that name could even be considered separate from him at all) he had never used the network. He hadn't bothered really talking to people other than the occasional response. He kept to himself. Perhaps if he had made an effort someone besides Rey might have cared when he disappeared a few days ago.

When he had left it hadn't been during Sanguis. Now that he was back, he was sitting in Rey's apartment - her plants hanging up and sitting in pots in the background. He had questions that needed answers.]

I haven't introduced myself before, though some of you I've spoken to may know me as Kylo Ren. Those who I've met can continue to address me by that name, though I'd prefer to go by Ben Solo. For those who I've yet to meet I can't say I'm terribly sorry for being so antisocial.

[There's a hint of a smile, just the subtle curl of his lips at the edges.]

I'm sure I'm not the first, but has anyone here been able to experience being sent away because of a lack of Chroma being generated? I feel as if I've come back differently, in some ways.

[He won't go into detail, but he's remembered things he didn't know before. For him a year has passed and now his scar is gone. He has experienced death. Part of him is still trying to process it all, how he spent nearly a year here and just like that he had returned home - or what he thinks is home. He's not entirely sure he can trust it. The memories changed him, though.

While his clothes were still the same black as usual, he looked and felt more at ease. His posture had become less tense. For all intents and purposes he was different but still the same.]

Private Message: Finn

Rey isn't here. I can't feel her anymore. Did she speak with you at all before she disappeared?

[He's hoping it's the same as his situation. He needed her to be back so that they could sort out a few things. It was also good that Finn was here too. He could ]

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[letoldthingsdie]

Sounds like it.

[He's only arrogant about his lightsaber skills. It comes with years of being Luke's star pupil and then Snoke's most deadly weapon. He may dislike both men but he has the skills to back up the praise. Rey had managed to knock him down a peg or two but their last fight could have ended very differently had his mother not died. At least, he likes to think so. He's glad it didn't.]

If you heard the rumor about me in the place you were before, I'm assuming I was there at some point?

[Now that was a bit disarming. He didn't know whether he wanted to know the answer.]

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[hatejakku]

No, you weren't

[ Finn would have lost his mind had that happened. He doesn't know what he would have done, especially considering how irrational he was back then.

But now he's dug a bit of a hole and has to think of some way to crawl out of it. ]

It was a rumor from someone who claimed to see it

[letoldthingsdie]

Was it the Zabrak?

[Because who else would boast about a fight but the one who had been a part of it.]

[hatejakku]

[ Should've seen that coming. He takes a moment to drag a hand over his face. It's tempting to say yes, but then he'd have to deal with Kylo Ben thinking he'd believe someone who randomly claimed to beat him. ]

No, just someone from home

I'm not surprised to hear that they're wrong. I just wanted to make sure.

[letoldthingsdie]

These types of places have people coming from all different points in time, which I'm sure you know. Maybe there was a point in time, somewhere, that I was bested by the Zabrak, but I know my own skills. They would have to be someone incredibly skilled in the Force to beat me. I've been training for most of my life.

[hatejakku]

I'm sure it was a different point in time or a different timeline altogether if it was true. That happened a lot where I was from.

[ And just to soothe his ego a little- ]

The Zabrak was apparently a Jedi a long time ago. [ Or that's what the Zabrak claimed at first, anyway. ] It was a complicated situation.

[letoldthingsdie]

This is my first experience of a place like this so besides personal experience, I've only had others' to go off of. Were there others from home there?

[He wished he could have seen it. The wheels in his head are already turning, wondering if there was some kind of a link between the two places. If not, Finn was just unlucky.]

[hatejakku]

[ Wow, Finn has really dug a hole of lies, hasn't he? How's he going to keep up with all of this? This is why he doesn't like lying at all! ]

Me, a droid, and that other person I mentioned. You didn't know them.