The idea is that the last child was not Force sensitive, and so he was making sure she knew what he meant. It’s just emphasis, but if you think it might work better another way, I’ll consider it. And thanks, I had fun writing it.
It’s my impression that italics are used for emphasis, but I’m no English major so I can’t say for certain.
I seriously loved this. You have an excellent way with words and starting the story out in the middle of an assault on the character was a nice touch. I also love the line, “…my throat still soar from screaming” because you never mention that the character was screaming up to this point, but when the reader reads that they make the sudden connection of “Right, yeah I would scream too, lightning sucks.” The whole thing oozed style and I am a sucker for style. And Star Wars.