Epilogue

Ten years later, the Force-sensitive Kitt Dameron descends the ramp of the transport onto the rocky base of Ahch-To, home of the Grey Jedi Temple. He has been sent here by his parents to study the ways of the Force. Upon leaving Yavin IV, his father Poe instructed him to ask for Grand Master Rey Solo.

Whom he guesses is the woman in flowing grey robes coming down the island's stone steps towards him. She is pretty, with deep brown eyes and hair of a similar shade. She halts impressively before him, but for a galactic celebrity, she does seem to be regarding him with unusual tenderness.

"Poe told me you would be coming," she admits.

"So you know me?" Kitt eyed her.

"More than you realize," Rey tells him softly. "After you were born, I used to hold you and... feed you and..." For some reason, she cannot finish. Nevertheless, Kitt's head is swimming. He was once... nursed by a... Grey Jedi Master? THE Rey Solo? Tapping into his feelings, the strange sense of... foresight washing over him, the young lad decides to be brave.

"Who am I to you?"

He is stunned to see the Jedi's eyes shining with tears. "My son." Kitt takes this revelation silently, so she continues. "I acted as a surrogate for your parents. I carried you inside me. I gave birth to you. Part of me, my blood, lives within you. The Force is with you because of me."

Kitt is silent for a moment. Then he suddenly strides forward and hugs her. Rey nearly breaks down right at that moment but holds it together enough to hug him back.

"I just want one thing from you," Kitt requests.

Rey beams at him with pure, unadulterated love. "Name it, my child, and it is done."

Kitt looks her in the face, his voice serious and beyond his years. "I don't want to be treated any differently from the other Padawans because I'm your son. No special preference. Just... me. But..." And suddenly he is a boy once more. "I do hope you will love me." He blushes as red as a Sith's blade.

Rey gazes at him tenderly. "I always have, Kitt. And I always will."

"Thank you, Mast... Mother," Kitt expresses. "I am ready to begin."

And together, Master and apprentice, mother and son, ascended the stone steps to the Jedi Temple and Academy.