“I never wanted you dead…I wanted you strong…Empress Palpatine.”
I like the simplicity of that.
Also makes me think something else. I would say maybe the stupidest part of Palpatine’s plan is that he orders Ochi to kill the only people who know where Rey is and doesn’t send anyone to look for her after. Is there a way we can make that on purpose? A line from him saying “I killed your parents to fuel the darkness in you” something like that.