does this place not have a block or ignore function? I’m not very familiar with the software.
it still for me feels so abrupt and Luke seems barely nudged into going 0-100,
I don’t know about it being “abrupt,” he’s mentioning he knew something was up with the kid, and then he went into his mind. Consider that going into someone’s mind like that is basically like “Drifting” in Pacific Rim, or… like DRINKING the pensieve in Harry Potter. So he saw what Kylo would become, and instinctively pulled his weapon. Going 100 would be mean-mugging while pulling it up and swinging it down while shouting (which is how it played in Kylo’s lie to Rey). But in this case he pulled the weapon, and then looked at it like “What in the hell am I doing.”
The tragedy, of course, is that the second he did it is the very second the would-be genocidal dictator in question rolled over and looked at him, and then pulled a hut down on top of him in response.
If you want to make it even MORE morally complicated, you could interpret Kylo’s side as not so much a lie, but his perception of Luke’s regretful, ashamed hesitance being twisted by the Dark Side. He THINKS that’s what he actually saw because he’s so poisoned by cynicism, fear, and anger that he can’t help but see it in Luke.
(once again, another example of Kylo’s POV being used as a means to slyly comment on Star Wars fandom itself).