Rey's POV:

The old local woman looked at me with curiosity in her eyes and then surprised having recognized the name I had chosen for myself; Skywalker. In the distance, I can see the force ghost of my old masters in the distance. Their faces are full of pride at my choice. The name just felt right, especially after everything that had happened. I would never go by the name Palpatine, not after all the evil and destruction that name has brought upon the Galaxy. Plus it allowed me to feel closer to Ben in a way I so desperately craved at that moment. I also felt like I owed it to both Luke and Leia to carry on their family name due to the hard work and training they both provided me with. The old local woman walks away from me, I assume to finish her work before we lose all light. My breath catches in my throat as I turn my head to watch the twin suns set in the sky. I could have sworn I felt Ben nearby. I looked around to see if I could find him or at least feel his location through the force. Disappointment rose in me when I came to the realization that he was nowhere.

Our force bond sessions never really stopped after Snoke's death. It was awkward at first because we didn't want to talk to each other, why would we? We were on opposite sides of a war. It didn't help that he was still so hurt from how I had left all alone him in the throne room after I awoke from Luke's saber breaking in two. But we couldn't ignore each other forever, so eventually, we talked. We never talk about The Resistance or The First Order. Ben had helped me in learning more about our bond. Over time we had grown so close that it was hard to fight him at all.

At this moment though, I wanted nothing more than to have him close to me again. Even if all I was able to do was touch the coldness of his hand even for a brief moment more. 'I could have sworn I just felt him just as strong as I would normally.' When I realized no matter how hard I looked for him, he wouldn't be there. It was too much for me to wrap my head around. So for the first time since he died, I allowed myself to cry. I fell to my knees upon the sand and put my head in my hands. I cried well after nightfall since no one was around to question me about why I was crying and accuse me of being weak because of it. Right here and right now I could be as weak as I wanted to be.

Ben's POV:

I watched Rey fall to her knees as she started to cry into her hands. Kneeling in the sand next to her, I attempt to scoop her in my arms, try to comfort her and let her know it's ok but I know my efforts are pointless. After a while of trying to comfort her the best way I could, I give up, forcing myself to stand once more and walk over to where the other force ghosts have been watching Rey from afar. It's tearing me up inside to see her like this. I curse the force while attempting to kick at the sand beneath my feet in the process. Which again causes nothing to happen, only angering me more to the point that Luke has to tell me to calm down. It's been two months since I died, instead of getting closure and peace, I'm brought to whatever this hell is. Me even just being here brought on a lot of questions for all of us. For example, why in the force I am not blue and appear like all the other dead Jedi? Am I not one with the force and that is why can't take the form of a force ghost? Why can't I go on to whatever is next and where in the force do I stand? My mother comes to the side and puts her arms around me. "We will figure this out Ben, the force just works in mysterious ways sometimes." She says as an effort to try and comfort me. "Apart from a dyad, you are. Before now, seeing anything like this, we have not. Patients, you need. Figure this out, we must." Yoda pitches and everyone nods their head in agreement. "While we work to try and figure this out. I think you should stay closer to Rey, I fear she may struggle more now that you're not there anymore." Obi-Wan explains to me. "I agree since you two were connected in such an intricate way, it's hard to say what will happen to her. However, in any case, you could be able to help her since we think you two are still connected by the force." Luke puts in. "How so?" I ask curiously, wanting to grab any grain of hope at this point and not let go. "She felt your presence and started searching for you, so there is still a chance you are still connected to each other in some way," Anakin explains. I turn to look at Rey, I'm hoping she is the key to figuring out this weird puzzle.