3. The Choice of FN-2187

FN-2187 was ready for battle, but not for what he was about to see.

Instead of order on Jakku, he found chaos and terror. A villager's bloodied

hand left a mark on his armor, and with it, doubt crept in. The world he'd been

taught to believe in was crumbling. Blasters singed the air, yet he couldn't

bring himself to fire his weapon. Kylo Ren noticed, that spark of defiance in him,

that fracture in his loyalty. Back aboard the Star Destroyer, FN-2187 walked among

soldiers who mirrored him, but he felt alien, like his own existence was suddenly clearer.

Unmasking himself, he saw more than a face—he saw a choice. The promise of peace