Kylo's first order of business was to see if they could evoke the reaction that she had the day before when she had met him and produced a blast of light that had effected both of them. "Now," he started, as they stood in a clearing a small distance from the cave "What were you feeling when you created your blast? We need to know as much as we can so we can recreate that feeling and you can do it again." Rey had questions "When that happened it knocked me out for several hours, and I'm still kind of sore. I'd rather not do that again so soon. And what is so important about recreating my feelings from before" "Magical powers are closely tied in with our emotions; if we can put you back in the state that evoked your power the first time, it will be much easier to access that power again. Don't worry too much about it hurting you like before; that was your power being awakened and breaking free in a much more violent manner than if it were to emerge under less traumatic circumstances. This time, it already has a path to follow, so it will be significantly less painful"
Rey still felt doubtful, but she was aware that he was much more knowledgeable about such things so she decided to comply "Fear. I had just run into you as the snake," she shuddered at the recollection "And then you bared your teeth at me and acted like you were going to ravish me on the spot, so I'd say fear was the strongest emotion I felt at that moment." "alright, then. We'll start there." Rey turned to ask what he meant by that, only to see him already half done stripping his clothes off; she stared, wondering what he could possibly hope to accomplish by being half naked. He had turned away from her at that point, when he suddenly dropped to the ground on all fours; Rey was about to rush over to see what was wrong, when she saw his muscles beginning to spasm, causing him to lay flat on the ground, contorting into what looked like incredibly painful positions. Before Rey realized what was happening, the enormous black snake from the night before lay coiled in front of her, it's glowing yellow eyes fixed on her like she was its prey. She gasped aloud, backing slowly away from the creature. Even though she knew it was Kylo slithering toward her, it was all she could do to keep from screaming as that same feeling of dread filled her mind. She snake's tongue flicked in and out, tasting her scent on the wind, and advancing on her at a slow but determined speed.
Rey continued backing away as the snake approached her, trying as hard as she could to produce the same blast of energy that she had before, but it was all in vain; as she retreated, she failed to see the fallen branch that lay behind her feet, and paid for it, falling flat on her back. As she propped herself up on her elbows, she saw that the snake had continued its advance, slithering over the branch; it had now reached her foot, and was beginning to slither up over it, climbing her body toward her face, it's hypnotic gaze riveting her in place. As it drew closer, Rey finally resigned herself to her fate, and closed her eyes, waiting for it to strike. Instead of feeling fangs on her neck, Rey suddenly felt a great weight settle on her lower body; she opened one eye and almost fainted dead away. Kylo, back in his human form was laying on her, completely naked, supporting himself with his hands on either side of her head and staring at her disappointedly. "Well that didn't work, are you sure fear was what you were feeling most strongly when you tried to blast my head off?" It was taking all of Rey's willpower not to look down as she refused to make eye contact with the naked man laying on top of her. "U-um, yes. That's the only emotion I can remember from that moment." He thought for a moment "Maybe we should try a less drastic approach," He hauled himself off of her and strode over to his pile of clothes that lay nearby. Rey lay where she had fallen for a few minutes trying to calm her racing heart while Kylo got dressed. He returned to her and held out his hand "Come on, I have another idea."
Kylo led Rey to a different clearing; this time, there were several tree stumps on one side of the clearing. On three of the stumps, there was a small pile of colored rocks on piles of the same color; on a fourth stump there sat a small empty bucket. "We're going to start out with something simple this time," he said waving at the setup "A large portion of beings who can create energy blasts like you did, also possess telekinetic abilities. Even though you haven't ever exhibited anything close to telekinesis, we're going to see if we can coax that ability out of you. What I want you to do is hold out your dominant hand and focus your magic into that hand; once you have funneled enough magic into that limb, use it to pick up a red pebble and drop it in the bucket. Are you ready?" She wasn't but she was desperately afraid of failing again, so she nodded anyway. Kylo stood behind her and directed her in the way to raise her hand to command the movement of the pebble; he then waited for her to proceed at her own pace. Rey did exactly as he had shown her, and lifted her hand to order the pebble to move as she wished. Feeling as if she were funneling her energy as best as she could, she commanded the pebble to move. Nothing, She tried again and again, being careful to clear all other things from her mind as Kylo told her, but to no avail. She was getting increasingly frustrated as her continued attempts failed to yield results; at that point, Kylo reached out, putting his hand under her outstretched arm and whispering something in her ear. She had no idea what he said, it was drowned out by the sound of blood rushing in her head and her heart pounding in her chest; she closed her eyes for half a second, and when she opened them, she poured all of her focus onto her hand to reach for the red pebble on the top of its pile, and was thunderstruck when the entire pile levitated and floated over to the bucket. It hung there in the air for a moment, and then rained down, into and all around the bucket when she released it.
They were both silent for several minutes "Rey," Kylo finally spoke, breaking the silence "What did you feel just then?" She was still incredulous "I don't know! It just happened; I reached out in my mind and visualized it happening and it just did! I only meant to move one pebble though, not the whole thing." Kylo grasped Rey by her shoulders and turned her to face him "Rey, I need to know exactly what happened before you moved those rocks. What were you feeling? What were you thinking about? This is all very important." She thought for a moment "Well, I was trying to imagine the pebbles moving like you said to, and just as I was lifting my hand to move it, you touched my arm and said something, but I didn't hear it. And then they moved." He looked down at her, seeming to be turning something over and over in his head "Alright, let's try it again." They turned back toward the piles of rocks, and Rey once again raised her hand, trying to focus all the magic she had into her hand; just as she was about to try to lift another pebble, Rey felt a large hand laid firmly on her hip. Trying to ignore her blood rising again, she looked up at him questioningly "Just continue trying to move the rock" he instructed. She nodded nervously and turned back to her task she was just getting a feel for how the pebbles felt when she reached out toward them, when he gave her hip a tight squeeze. At that moment, every pebble in each pile flew through the air and went crashing into the bucket, sending it flying.
"Kylo, what does this mean?" Rey asked finally. He ran his fingers through his hair "It means that your power is derived from your level of sexual arousal; I haven't witnessed that before, usually, power is attached to emotions like anger, fear, or joy. Yours is more animal instinct than emotion." She hesitated, feeling shy and slightly fearful about what she was about to ask "Does that mean I must always feel that way in order to use my powers?" He looked down at her, seeing her embarrassment, and seeming to take a slight amount of pity on her; patting her on the head he nodded "At first, yes. You've only just started to discover what you are capable of, so we'll need to build on that; however, as you learn to harness those capabilities, you'll learn to access them at will. In other words, you will eventually learn to be their master instead of your abilities mastering you."
"Well what do we do now?" She asked "We've been at it awhile, it's getting late." He nodded in agreement but made no move to head back to the cave; instead he turned to face her, and she saw that same hunger had sprung back into his golden yellow eyes "I think it's time for you to hold up your part of our bargain." Rey shrank away slightly "Already?" she asked, her voice small. "I think so," he replied "I'd like to get a taste of what I'm getting myself into." "How exactly does that work?" she asked tremulously "Are you going to bite me?" He smiled, his lips drawing away from his dangerous-looking teeth "No, it doesn't have to, not with the small taste I'm going to take now." Still unsure, Rey nodded "Okay then, go ahead." He reached out and placed his hands on either side of her face and neck; she felt nothing at first until a warm feeling spread from where his fingers were touching her throughout her whole body. It was like submerging herself in the bath, but on the inside. She was just starting to relax when he withdrew his hands. She looked up and smiled "That wasn't so bad" she said brightly "Oh Rey," he responded, giving her a very pointed stare that shot straight to her soul "That was barely a taste; I'm still quite hungry." With that, he turned and headed up the path toward the cave. Rey stood there a few minutes longer, thinking about what had just happened; she felt like she was standing at the edge of a vast abyss, and was in danger of plunging headlong into its depths at any second. Pushing the feeling to the back of her mind, she took off at a jog to catch up.