"I mean we asked her to come and she said no," Ben responded, trying not to roll his eyes in his mother's direction but it was an instinct that couldn't be squashed. After everything, after letting his family think he turned on them, Leia couldn't do the decent thing of coming with him to make it clear that no, this was her plan.

Anger was a baseline for him. It wasn't likely to ease any time soon. He glanced at Rey, and thought that, well maybe sometimes, that anger eased a bit. His attention went back to Hannah.

"The only message was it's time for the Jedi to end." His voice was dry, unimpressed.