Because who else would have taught you how to use a lightsaber?
[The question of why it would have to be someone 'alive' gives him pause, though.]
You're saying someone dead taught you? [An eyebrow raise-]
That is advanced Jedi teachings and would take a normal man years to master. You're not even remotely skilled enough to communicate to the Jedi of the past.
[There's no attempt to be insulting, as if his interest is purely scholarly. He's being matter of fact, not unlike telling Rey that the effort to connect though the Force could have killed her if she had been the one doing it. He had been able to communicate with his grandfather from a young age, but then his bloodline allowed for that kind of power.]
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[The question of why it would have to be someone 'alive' gives him pause, though.]
You're saying someone dead taught you? [An eyebrow raise-]
That is advanced Jedi teachings and would take a normal man years to master. You're not even remotely skilled enough to communicate to the Jedi of the past.
[There's no attempt to be insulting, as if his interest is purely scholarly. He's being matter of fact, not unlike telling Rey that the effort to connect though the Force could have killed her if she had been the one doing it. He had been able to communicate with his grandfather from a young age, but then his bloodline allowed for that kind of power.]