"You don't understand. The only thing stopping him is that I can kill him with a thought."

Hux had been trying to push to make another superweapon already. Kylo still didn't understand why since the Republic was gone and the Resistance was almost dead.

"You said my mother is recovering. She will be all right? Is there..."

Is there anything I can do? But what can he do with things how they are? He can't go to her without risking her life. Hux would likely find a way to organize an attack while Kylo was still there.