[ Akobi stills, key in the lock, as Poe speaks. He doesn't respond right away, finishes unlocking the door first. Only once the door is open and he's picking up the bags he had set down does he speak. ]
No, I'm sure you didn't. But it's the things we don't mean to say that most often reveal the truth about ourselves.
[ With that, he steps inside, once again trusting Poe to follow him through to the kitchen. He deposits his bags on the kitchen table, and begins unpacking them one by one. ]
You've got your heart set on starting some kind of relationship with 622. So I'm going to tell you now: that won't be as easy as you think it will be. You may be able to set aside the war-- it's been decades, from your perspective. It's completely understandable that it wouldn't mean as much to you. But 622 was built for that conflict. And the rest of us who exist on the sidelines of your happy union have our own hangups surrounding the history between the Empire and those who fight back against it.
[ He pauses, hand resting on a carton of milk, and looks up into Poe's eyes. ] I'm not going to say that there have been direct threats on my life, here. But I have not been made to feel welcome by your Rebel friends, all of your attempts to the contrary. And they're not wrong, Poe, in acting this way.
If you really want to keep 622 in your life, to forge something pure and loving out of all that hate... It will be a hard road to go down.
[ That said, he goes back to unpacking his groceries. ]
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No, I'm sure you didn't. But it's the things we don't mean to say that most often reveal the truth about ourselves.
[ With that, he steps inside, once again trusting Poe to follow him through to the kitchen. He deposits his bags on the kitchen table, and begins unpacking them one by one. ]
You've got your heart set on starting some kind of relationship with 622. So I'm going to tell you now: that won't be as easy as you think it will be. You may be able to set aside the war-- it's been decades, from your perspective. It's completely understandable that it wouldn't mean as much to you. But 622 was built for that conflict. And the rest of us who exist on the sidelines of your happy union have our own hangups surrounding the history between the Empire and those who fight back against it.
[ He pauses, hand resting on a carton of milk, and looks up into Poe's eyes. ] I'm not going to say that there have been direct threats on my life, here. But I have not been made to feel welcome by your Rebel friends, all of your attempts to the contrary. And they're not wrong, Poe, in acting this way.
If you really want to keep 622 in your life, to forge something pure and loving out of all that hate... It will be a hard road to go down.
[ That said, he goes back to unpacking his groceries. ]