He hadn't reached out to connect with the Force for five years, but the sensation then and now is completely different. It's disturbing just feeling...nothing, and that absence to him is just as palpable.

Looking more than a little shaken, Cal lifts his head towards Poe as the pilot approaches. "Yeah...no... I don't..." He shakes his head. "I can't sense it." He's hesitant, but he figures he's already spoken to a self-proclaimed Sith, and being so far removed from their galaxy, it doesn't seem like it would matter.

"The Force. It probably doesn't mean anything to you, but it's this sort of energy present in everything, and usually I can sense things through it, but the moment we got into the deep of this storm, it's like it just vanished."