A/N: This overlaps a little with Orderly Lives. Orderly Lives ended on Day 13 (counting out from the Battle of Crait). The below mental conversation with Poe happens on Day 11 in the morning. This is the day after the Battle of the Supremacy, the first full day that Rey and Kylo are confined to quarters. Keeping track of time passage shouldn't be important to the fic, but I thought I'd give some orientation to tie it into the previous installment.

Day 11, morning

"Poe." Rey could see him clearly, but nothing around him. He looked thoughtful, pursing his lips and nodding to himself.

"Poe?" She put a little more force into the attempt.

"Not too much," Kylo warned.

This time, Poe chewed his lips and looked around. "Rey," he said, then drew in a breath. He didn't seem to be talking to her, just himself. He looked back and forth uneasily.

"Should I try again?" Rey asked.

"No. Gracynn, Nayta, and Hux had all experienced this before. They knew what to look for. Let him find us. He's heard you. He just doesn't know what it means. Being louder won't help."

"No," Poe said. "It's like I heard her." He gestured at his head. "I have this concept of her in my mind, like I'm thinking of her really hard, and I don't know where it came from."

"Does that mean he sees me?" Rey asked Kylo, who gave her a mental shrug.

"Just wait," Kylo told her. "No hurry. Can you feel his attention? He's entirely outwardly focused. He's not looking inside. He knows we're here."

She couldn't 'just wait', but she was careful not to try any harder than she already had. "Poe, can you hear me?"

"Why am I hearing her?" Poe looked to his left as though listening to someone. He answered them, "No." Rey felt his attention settle on her. She saw him. He saw her. He jumped in his seat. "Whoa!" His hand raised and half-pointed. He blinked. "No. She's in my head. No, Rey's in my head. Rey?"

"Yes. I can hear you," she answered.

"Wow. Hi." He grinned. "How are you doing? This is strange. Just like you described. It's like you're over there." He waved a hand in front of him. "But you're not."

"Um, well, there's been a problem and I need to talk to you about it," she said.

"Okay, shoot."

"Do you want to tell him I'm here? He doesn't see me."

"What was that?" Poe asked, looking confused. "There was a … noise?"

"That was Kylo Ren. He's with me. I can't contact you without his help. He wanted me to make sure you knew he was here. Because he didn't think you could sense him."

"I don't, really. It was just a … warble. I guess it could have been a voice." Poe cast his mental attention around randomly, trying to figure out how to 'see' Kylo.

"Just so you know. Um," she struggled to start, "well, this is complicated. I need you to delay all Resistance and New Republic ships from coming to the wreck of the Supremacy. Until I tell you it's clear."

"Okay." His expression turned serious. "What's happened? Because something's happened or else you'd be sending me a communications signal instead of a … this mind thing."

"Yes, well, we're on house arrest right now."

"House arrest? Where at? You need me to come break you out of jail?"

"No, no. Please don't. That would make things a hundred times worse."

"So things are bad?"

"No, actually, it's fine." She sighed and looked around their quarters. "It's comfortable. We've been asked to stay in our rooms. I could leave if I needed to. There was … When we came out of hyperspace, the High Command had their fleet here. All their ships."

"The whole First Order?"

"No. Just the planetary governors and whoever else is on their side. They had … ships. Anyway, they demanded Hux turn us over – Kylo and I – so that … um, they were going to execute us for killing Snoke."

"Oh." Poe looked worried. He waved a hand at someone off to his side. "Let me listen to this. It's important. Life or death."

"Hux … refused. So they opened fire. Kylo and I did something similar to what I'm doing now, with you, but with one of their admirals and we tried to make her betray her side and stop firing. They knew what we were doing, so they killed one of the Knights of Ren. They had them as prisoners. We didn't know. But then we …"

"Don't tell him about the surrender," Kylo told her. "Just that Hux found another way and we're to stand trial."

"What did he say?" Poe asked, making another futile attempt to focus on Kylo.

"Hux talked them out of the assault. They're going to hold a trial of some kind. Hux thinks we'll be found guilty, but the sentencing might be anything from nothing at all, literally, to execution."

"You need someone to break you out of jail. That's not something you mess around with. Bad odds, as Admiral Holdo said."

"No, Poe. Hux isn't giving us up. If it goes against us, we'll fight again."

"Um," Poe said, "that sort of thing can turn around really fast. I know you have the Force, but that's dangerous. How are you going to fight that?"

"I suppose we'd just leave our rooms and walk up to the bridge. We're on the-"

"Don't tell him."

Rey was quiet for a moment. "Why not?"

"If he doesn't know, then he won't be able to find you if he comes. Enemy forces showing up to rescue us would not help."

"He's not an enemy."

Kylo swallowed. "I don't know him like you do. It's up to you."

"What's going on?" Poe asked. "Now I can't hear you either, Rey. At least, not clearly."

Rey turned her attention back to him. "I'm not going to tell you which ship we're on because I don't want you trying to rescue us."

"He told you to say that?"

"No, he told me it was up to me. I trust you, but," she shook her head, "I can't let you endanger yourself."

"It's okay. Maybe I don't need to know."

"Hux is protecting us and I think we'll have plenty of warning if things are going badly. I'll let you know when the coast is clear."

"Are you sure about this?" Poe asked.

"Yes. I'm sure."

"Your life might depend on it," he said with emphasis. "If you're telling me not to charge in and help, then I'm not going to charge in and help. But it's really hard to sit on my hands here. Are you dead certain that all you want me to do is delay our arrival there? No rescue, no ransom, no extradition request or whatever the First Order might honor? You don't want me reaching out to Hux and rattling his cage?"

"No. I don't think any of that would help and I think Hux is entirely on our side already. I think letting the legal system work through this normally is the best course of action."

"I don't have much faith in the First Order's idea of justice," Poe said.

"I understand. But so far it seems to be working. If it doesn't, we don't really lose anything for having tried. That's when we go back to shooting at each other."

"How about this," Poe offered. "I'll get closer. And if you need help, let us know. We'll be a short hop away. A few minutes, tops."

"Okay, but don't get very close. There are so many ships here and I know at least Hux has been running decloaking scans. I assume the others are, too. They have the technology. You can't rely on being cloaked."

"Okay. I'll stay out a bit. And I'll listen for your call."

"Thank you." She cut the contact.

Day 12, evening

"Poe?"

This time, he was faster to notice. At the perception of her mental voice, Poe turned his attention inward. It still took him a moment to find her, but she felt him actively searching. "Rey. Are you okay?"

"Yes, we're fine."

"Kylo's there? Here? Whatever?"

"Yes."

"I can't see him," Poe said. "Why is that?"

"Were you able to see him before?"

"No."

"When we've done this before," Rey said, "there's one person directing the Force and the other helping. I could hand it off to him, but I don't think you'd be able to hear me, then."

"I might be able to project as well so he could hear both of us, but it would be harder for us and probably him, too," Kylo said.

"I can hear him in the background, but not what he's saying," Poe said.

"I think we could do it, but it would be more difficult," Rey said.

"No, I was just wondering. But you're okay?" Poe asked.

"Yes. The trial is over. Kylo is abdicating as supreme leader. Hux is taking over as a 'first among equals' or something in the High Command. Can we go with you when you rendezvous with the fleet?"

"Is that still on? The humanitarian mission?"

"Yes. Hux isn't changing anything."

"Okay. That's nice of him. Abdicating, huh? How about you guys? Is this just a normal pickup, like passengers, or we being secret, like you're on the run?"

"No. It's entirely above-board. Everything's fine. There are two of the Knights of Ren who will be coming with us as well."

"Okay. Are they on the mission, too?"

"I think so. Will you be able to pick us up tomorrow?"

"I could pick you up right now. Or in a few minutes. We're parked in close jump distance. I'm glad to hear from you. I was worried."

"I think the morning would be better. We're safe; there's no hurry; nothing to worry about. We have a few things to pack. The knights have to transfer over from other ships. Speaking of which, there are a lot of ships here. It's crowded. Let me know when you'll be showing up so I can make sure you're not a surprise to anyone."

"Okay." Poe picked a time in mid-morning and related it to her.

"Thank you," she told him. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Sure thing."