[But I'm always alone. He doesn't say that. He never says that, even if he's always thinking it.
...He didn't used to be, though- that's the problem. For the last while, months, years, he's- there's been a presence. A connection, stronger here than back home, with the length of time it's been existing and with the amount of fonons mingling between the two of them. It's a hefty price, it's true - it's the very link that is slowly killing him, after all - but at least... someone had always been there.
Luke had always been there.
In the end he doesn't say anything, because every response that comes to mind either says too much or isn't enough. There just isn't enough words for this.]
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...He didn't used to be, though- that's the problem. For the last while, months, years, he's- there's been a presence. A connection, stronger here than back home, with the length of time it's been existing and with the amount of fonons mingling between the two of them. It's a hefty price, it's true - it's the very link that is slowly killing him, after all - but at least... someone had always been there.
Luke had always been there.
In the end he doesn't say anything, because every response that comes to mind either says too much or isn't enough. There just isn't enough words for this.]