The Last of a Nation

Her brows furrowed as she glanced back down at her wrapped arm. “I have a feeling if I die, you’ll manage without me just fine.”

He knew better then to argue the point. She clearly had her own thoughts about it. And it did neither of them any good going around in a circle about it.

"You would be wrong." Kylo said. There was something more, but he wasn't going to say that out loud.

She brought a hand up to her eyes and began to rub the exhaustion away. She was tired, and she was almost certain she would sleep the day away if he let her. “Do you always wear it in the halls?” She asked. “You should take it off sometime. Enjoy the fresh air.” She dropped her hand back on her lap.

“It’s a normal box,” She finally replied. “It’s dark oak box with my name engravedon the top. It should be sitting right beside the cot in the quarters I had.”

There were more things that Rose wish she could have gotten, like a change of clothes instead of the prison wear they put her in. She wished she could have asked for him to bring her back a bag of her things, but this was already asking for too much. If she were to pass, at least, she would have a piece of her Mother with her.

A nod from him. That would be simple enough to find. And depending on which one it would probably be not that fortified. He knew his mother even if it had been a very long time since he had seen her.

There were somethings that could be guessed at by him, but it had still been long enough that some things could change.

She swallowed thickly before continuing. “Look in the Ileenium system. D’Qar. Considering it’s a base, you should be able to find something useful.” Rose sighed, looking up at Kylo. She felt defeated. She hoped her bothers and sisters in the Alliance have moved on from the base at this point.

He was still right. She could be much worse off. Being a prisoner was not something she wanted, it being an unwell prisoner was something she absolutely did not want.

"Clearly not enough." He said. "I was expecting to hear that you were on some kind of hunger strike." Which would make sense to him, but forgetting that was not what he had been expecting.

"Well you are important." He said. "You have vital information and it does no good if you die on us." Kylo continued. That was a weird thing to tell him. His head tilted just a little as he looked at her. Most people wouldn't wish someone a good day.

Her brows furrowed as she glanced back down at her wrapped arm. “I have a feeling if I die, you’ll manage without me just fine.”

“If I tell you the last base I was at, can you please grab a box from my bunk?” She shook her head slightly, knowing fully well it was going to result in a no, but she persisted. “There is a small box I had left there in obvious hopes of returning. This contains something very valuable to me.” She swallowed thickly.

Kylo could never be accused of having a soft spot. He did his best to bury anything like that. He could maybe make his way through all of his mother's safeguards, but that would be playing his hand. But he knew there was something special about her he just hadn't unlocked it yet.

A hum from him that was distorted by the mask. Simple enough. And even if everyone was focused on the rebels well he could make it happen. "Is it just a normal box?" He asked.

“It’s a normal box,” She finally replied. “It’s dark oak box with my name engravedon the top. It should be sitting right beside the cot in the quarters I had.”

There were more things that Rose wish she could have gotten, like a change of clothes instead of the prison wear they put her in. She wished she could have asked for him to bring her back a bag of her things, but this was already asking for too much. If she were to pass, at least, she would have a piece of her Mother with her.

"Probably overly dehydrated, which can lead to me not being fine." She chirped as she rocked her head a little. The thought of going back to the chair made her queasy. Truthfully, he's been kind to her, something that others could not say the same. She rubbed at her eyes before looking back at him through the bars.

"I had figured as such. I didn't think I'd get that lucky." After all, she knew she was running out of luck. Rose knew she was on running on borrowed time that she could not repay.

He looked at her. "Have you not been drinking?" He asked. He knew that it was usually provided. While they had an expectation and a reputation; they were not entirely monsters. At least he was sure of that being the case. She was stubborn though.

"Being fine is lucky enough." Kylo said. "It could be far worse." He said. "We could not be having a conversation at all."

He was still right. She could be much worse off. Being a prisoner was not something she wanted, it being an unwell prisoner was something she absolutely did not want.

He had put together that she didn't know where the map was. But when he had brought it to Snoke. It had been the reaction he had been expecting so he continued to push. There had to be something that he could use.

“If I tell you the last base I was at, can you please grab a box from my bunk?” She shook her head slightly, knowing fully well it was going to result in a no, but she persisted. “There is a small box I had left there in obvious hopes of returning. This contains something very valuable to me.” She swallowed thickly.

He had gotten updates, but he hadn't felt the need to go see her. There was no need for him to go visit yet. They didn't need to make it seem like they were giving her that much special attention.

"Probably overly dehydrated, which can lead to me not being fine." She chirped as she rocked her head a little. The thought of going back to the chair made her queasy. Truthfully, he's been kind to her, something that others could not say the same. She rubbed at her eyes before looking back at him through the bars.

"I had figured as such. I didn't think I'd get that lucky." After all, she knew she was running out of luck. Rose knew she was on running on borrowed time that she could not repay.

There were plenty of people who thought that he was a loose canon and avoided him. He was okay with that. It kept them from being too close to him. But this was something that couldn't be left to anyone, but him.

He had gone back to doing other things. Including some training. He had been going over some other things that were on his plate. There were not any missions that Snoke was going to send him on. He was still trying to figure out what to do in regards to the map that would take him to his uncle. He looked over as his data pad vibrated. He looked over at the message.

He was looking at stats in front of him.

{Text} She is fine

It wasn't until later when Rose finally opened her eyes again. The headache from earlier still persisted. Her body ached all over. She looked over and seen that there was a second undisturbed cup of water sitting on the makeshift table beside her cot. The room still felt as if it was spinning. She rolled over onto her side and stared blankly at the door of the room. The cloak still laid across her like a weighted blanket. It offered a sense of security in both that she was safe, and that she still was trapped.

Kylo looked at her not that she could see it. "I could see it, but there is something more I'm sure." Kylo said. They could be using the Force on her, but that was not something he was going to be keeping that close.

"No it did not." He said. He had seen what some change had done to his parents, but all together they're not the worst example he had ever seen. And really they still did care about each other there was just a lot to be said about their personal lives even he didn't know.

"Yes they are." He said. "But that is the way of politics." He continued. And he had learned from the best. Though honestly a lot of those meetings were not necessary fruitful, but he made it work.

"There was no torture so it seemed far less like ruining don't you think?" He asked. "I've only ever asked you questions which is all anyone wants here." He continued. He had never participated in the rest of her captivity.

This entire thing was complicated. Even he knew that in the end it may not even really matter. But he wasn't going to say those words out loud to Snoke. He should be focusing on getting the map not interrogating pilots on things that his mother would change and probably had already changed.

He didn't know why he had left his cloak with her, but he had. He had told them to keep her monitored until she was better, and if she did wake up he was to know about it.

Meanwhile, one of the guards was watching her closely, as instructed by Kylo. One he noticed that there was movement that didn’t appear to be her sleeping, he tapped a quick message on his data pad to Kylo to alert him she was awake.

[text:] She is stirring

@hosnianleft sent:  'When exactly did you decide not to ruin me?' (For Kylo Ren)

YOU CAN NEVER TRULY HATE SOMEONE WITHOUT LOVING THEM. | Accepting

A nod from him. "No it does not." His mother did much of the same and he had been training with his uncle since he was young. "Ah that might be my fault." He said. "We haven't really talked about it, but you don't have to change anything about your life." He said.

He hadn't been in a lot of crashes, but he knew how to lessen damages in a crash. That was all of his dad really. A soft sigh all the same as he looked around still trying to figure out where exactly where they were. Hopefully it wasn't going to be a long time that they were here. He knew his mother and she'd come looking before long.

They were high enough to see the tops of some trees they had surpassed on the way to the top, but from the looks, Rose could tell they were not even at the top of the hill. It appeared the hill they were on was apart of a much larger mountainous chain. She walked to the edge and scanned the scenery. Everything was green as far as she could tell. The forest looked healthy