[Settling for less has always been an option. And it's always been one Kylo rejects. He doesn't choose the path of least resistance, or adjust his goals based on the likelihood of success— and why would he? He doesn't want less.

He wants this. This Ronan, plagued with insecurities and blinded by the persisting belief in the lie of his own inadequacy, wrapped in his arms.

What a magnificent god he would be, if he could devour the doubt that keeps him from owning his power. Kylo looks up from his fiercely tender ministrations to meet Ronan's eyes.]

You still believe we have to follow the rules. Don't you. If what we need is knowledge of the nanites and their functions, I will get us that knowledge. If we need an understanding of a vessel that can move between realities, I will get us that understanding.

We don't have to know how. Only that it is possible.