That's no moon... Wait, no, it's a moon.

[scruffier]

In which Our Heroes (?) stop for blaster practice, assuming the kids can stop bothering each other for two minutes, so help me, I will turn this light freighter around and we will not get ice cream.

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[passingthrough]

She runs faster toward Ben when she sees the tiger catch his arm. She's relieved, but worried after he manages to dispatch it. She bends down and catches a rock in her hand to throw at one of the tigers approaching Ben so that it will turn toward her instead. "How bad is your arm?" She doesn't look at him, focusing on the predators instead.

[beensolo]

He doesn't respond. She's white noise and there's nothing on his mind but focusing everything he has on destroying his opponents. He has slipped back into Kylo Ren at his most terrifying, lashing out at the creatures with broad, savage swings that send sparks flying from the blade of his lightsaber. There's little precision since he's fighting with his left hand, but there's enough speed and fury to make up for it.

She may need to wait until everything is dead before she'll get a coherent response.

[passingthrough]

"Ben!" She doesn't want to distract him from the task at hand, but this makes her nervous. "Don't lose yourself!" Remember? You don't want that and she doesn't want that. It's a whole lot of do not want! Fight them, but fight for yourself too.

She swings at the cat in front of her, but doesn't hit anything vital as her claws meet his.

[beensolo]

His name registers and he's aware of her presence, but there can't be any distractions now. There are only so many things left to maim, though. If she doesn't finish her tiger off in a speedy fashion, he's going to have to cut it down for her.

[passingthrough]

She grabs for a rock and phases it into the tiger's snarling head, leaving it there to solidify as she pulls away. He falls over dead, body still twitching. She moves toward Ben now. "Snap out of it! Fight, but not like this."

[beensolo]

Kitty is suddenly the only living thing in attacking range, and she isn't a thing that needs to be attacked. Clarity returns and it brings some confusion and dismay along with it. He's usually more cognizant during fights. Even when he does lose control, it's a loss of control that he allows and even enjoys, not one that sneaks up on him.

Now is not a time to think, though. They were going to go back to the others, weren't they?

Doing that is easier than saying anything. It's a repeat of their sparring incident on a larger scale.

[passingthrough]

Honestly? She half expected him to go after her next, so while his reaction doesn't flood her with any kind of relief it's not the worst thing she imagined. She sees the shift in his eyes as he brings himself back, so when he turns to go she has a little more faith in where his steps are taking him. Not to mention it lines up with her own plans to help the others.

"How bad is the arm?" Does he need a tourniquet now or can they keep going?

[beensolo]

If he hadn't become so familiar with the signatures of her presence in the time they've spent together, he may not have stopped. She doesn't feel like an enemy.

"It's fine." Was she expecting another answer? There's blood and he's still holding his lightsaber in the other hand, but he's not in danger of bleeding out. It hasn't slowed him down, either.

He does spare her a glance to see if she's relatively intact. "Is any of that blood yours?"

[passingthrough]

She does the best visual examination she can while they're both hurrying forward and she decides his arm can wait.

"No. The blaster I had with me wasn't powerful enough for them. Had to get close." Really close. Really messy. She wishes she'd gotten to Ben sooner, but she's also glad she can't hear that dual tiger screaming out anymore.

"Stay in control." That wasn't the last of them. She wants him to stay him.

[beensolo]

Really messy is an understatement. Her powers are more formidable than he had imagined, which is not something that he should comment on now since there's still peril in the form of moontigers.

A satisfied nod will do, then.

That order requires more of a response. "I will." He'd better. There are going to be too many living things that aren't enemies to make waving a lightsaber around with reckless and mindless abandon a feasible strategy.