[ this is where he fears he might lose her. because he almost hadn't believed it himself. but in the end, he didn't think Ren had any reason to lie about it, to someone as far in the past as himself. ]

I spoke with someone, who - he's from our future, about thirty years off from where we were. He knew of us, about our mission. Told me the Rebels got them, after a bit of an interference. Said that the only thing left of the Empire are remnants.

[ he doesn't know that those remnants had risen into something bigger, but he really hadn't asked soooo. ]

I wouldn't be telling you this unless I believed him.