Murderous snake. Rey's words came to mind, unbidden, and it made him pause. He was a murder as well, and though he loudly decried traitors, he was one himself. Technically speaking -- it was easier to say Ben Solo had died, and had never turned away from his family. Kylo Ren belonged solely to the First Order, and nothing else.

"You're an asset to COST's goals." If she didn't care about a happy ending, then that meant she'd do whatever it took to win. Maybe that would be easy to manipulate, but it also meant they had a recruit willing to get their hands dirty. Really dirty. "But I am curious why you speak about humanity as if you're not human yourself."