"You still never told me why you killed him," Rey said.

Sometimes it was hard to believe that the monster that was Kylo Ren and the man that was Ben Solo were one in the same. She still sees his hand igniting the lightsaber, driving it through his father.

Ben's lips trembled and she thought he might change the subject. But this was a matter she needed to confront. They both needed to.

"I thought it would extinguish the light inside of me. I was wrong. Instead it tore me in half. Don't ever try to kill the light, Rey."