Huh. For some reason, I've got the idea that Rey is meant to be panicking here, but none of the facial expressions line up with that idea. Maybe it's because I would be freaked out here if I was in Rey's position that I'm thinking that. Now I wonder how much warning movie-Rey had about it being a bad idea to touch the lightsaber. She definitely didn't just happen to wander on down here without a purpose, but still seemed hesitant. Maybe having this specific lightsaber is why Kanata had the mental fog! It seems more like a comic plot point, but now I can't think of anything that would be contradicted by the panels we've seen, especially the dramatic zoom on Kanata's face.

In-comic, I'm also wondering if this is something Sally's set up with the GM. Except for the short monologue scene with Kylo and playing Kanata, she's been both not participating with the rest of players in-game and has been fairly quiet. Plus, this is giving me huge vibes of the Darth Vader vision that Luke had. Granted, it's not an exact match-up as I don't think there actually was a mental link in the movie, and the comic had Luke be the one "calling" Vader, but still. Annie made lots of extra notes and text messages for the GM to use; no reason Sally can't do the same.