[ that's pretty much the most savage thing he could have said, so there's that. which makes sense. i mean, keith isn't known for his delicacy. but it's a pretty crushing blow to rey for him to just come out with 'this thing i always admired about you isn't true anymore.'
but he wouldn't say it if he didn't think she needed to hear it. if he didn't think she cared enough to hear it. so rey draws glances away, lets the emotional reaction come, and swallows it.
it's hard not to be defensive and reactive. not to just erupt with all of it. but it's not just keith she needs to do right by here; she's trying to do right by ben, too. it's pretty evident now that ben isn't just protecting her by withholding information about what's going on between them, but rather that he doesn't want people to know more than they have to either.
it's not entirely hers to say. that's the hardest part. even if she had the language for it, she doesn't feel like she owns the narrative.
so she tries to focus on the part that she does own: her intentions. her experience with luke. maybe she just hadn't explained it well enough, in enough depth, the first time. she draws a deep breath before she starts. this is going to be a Story. ]
I went to Luke believing that he was the key to winning the war that's waging in our galaxy. I believed that he could help the Resistance defeat Kylo Ren and the First Order. Luke was a war hero, a legend, who brought his father back from the Dark Side. He's the last Jedi. Our only hope.
But he refused. [ that seems to be the crux of it, judging by the way she looks down and away. the disappointment is … immeasurable. she had invested so much into the myth of luke skywalker. dreamed so hard. he had been her proof that there was always light in the galaxy. ] Not only that, I found out he was the one responsible for what became of Ben in the first place.
[ ben hadn't been happy that she had told keith this the first time. again, she can't blame him. beyond this much, it's not her story to tell. he had confided it in her, that night on ahch-to. it's not her narrative. it never has been, so she doesn't expound on it further now. but … the rest, it is hers. ]
I tried to convince him to come back and make it right, that he could bring Ben back to the Light, as he had with his father. [ the belief is there, clear and bright and — god, she feels like a fool for that even now. ] He wouldn't.
I'm not the one who stopped believing in people, Keith. Luke stopped believing in himself. He stopped believing in the Resistance, and he wouldn't believe in me. He gave up on Ben, on all of us. [ she looks back at keith then. ] But I haven't. Luke won't help Ben return from the Dark, but I still can. I know there's Light in him. I've felt it.
here's the plot of the last jedi i'm sorry
but he wouldn't say it if he didn't think she needed to hear it. if he didn't think she cared enough to hear it. so rey draws glances away, lets the emotional reaction come, and swallows it.
it's hard not to be defensive and reactive. not to just erupt with all of it. but it's not just keith she needs to do right by here; she's trying to do right by ben, too. it's pretty evident now that ben isn't just protecting her by withholding information about what's going on between them, but rather that he doesn't want people to know more than they have to either.
it's not entirely hers to say. that's the hardest part. even if she had the language for it, she doesn't feel like she owns the narrative.
so she tries to focus on the part that she does own: her intentions. her experience with luke. maybe she just hadn't explained it well enough, in enough depth, the first time. she draws a deep breath before she starts. this is going to be a Story. ]
I went to Luke believing that he was the key to winning the war that's waging in our galaxy. I believed that he could help the Resistance defeat Kylo Ren and the First Order. Luke was a war hero, a legend, who brought his father back from the Dark Side. He's the last Jedi. Our only hope.
But he refused. [ that seems to be the crux of it, judging by the way she looks down and away. the disappointment is … immeasurable. she had invested so much into the myth of luke skywalker. dreamed so hard. he had been her proof that there was always light in the galaxy. ] Not only that, I found out he was the one responsible for what became of Ben in the first place.
[ ben hadn't been happy that she had told keith this the first time. again, she can't blame him. beyond this much, it's not her story to tell. he had confided it in her, that night on ahch-to. it's not her narrative. it never has been, so she doesn't expound on it further now. but … the rest, it is hers. ]
I tried to convince him to come back and make it right, that he could bring Ben back to the Light, as he had with his father. [ the belief is there, clear and bright and — god, she feels like a fool for that even now. ] He wouldn't.
I'm not the one who stopped believing in people, Keith. Luke stopped believing in himself. He stopped believing in the Resistance, and he wouldn't believe in me. He gave up on Ben, on all of us. [ she looks back at keith then. ] But I haven't. Luke won't help Ben return from the Dark, but I still can. I know there's Light in him. I've felt it.