[ He was still formulating a reply to the first part when he got distracted by talk of bags and the shuffling, and a little shamefacedly set the bags down and began to go through them. ]
We've had - We've had violence, here, before. The truce was a reaction not a - not a preventative measure. Some of us have been here a while now. They're gunshy and jumpy because every time someone new ports in the balance changes and everyone half expects them to break the truce. If they're jabbing at you - it's because they want to see if at some point you'll snap and retaliate violently. Because people have before.
[ And he'd shot him in the head. But that wasn't necessary to say, right now. ]
But you guys deserve your lives here as much as anyone. Right now you're a - you're a symbol of oppression, not a man, to them. It makes it easy to detach and makes it easy to harass. Force knows that I know that. [ Half muttered to himself, he was still ashamed of the way he treated 622 when the stormtrooper first got here. ] But it's wrong. And they'll get there.
[ A pause. ]
Except for maybe Kanan. Just avoid Kanan. If he harasses you, let me know, and I'll deal with it, but in the mean time just don't bother.
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We've had - We've had violence, here, before. The truce was a reaction not a - not a preventative measure. Some of us have been here a while now. They're gunshy and jumpy because every time someone new ports in the balance changes and everyone half expects them to break the truce. If they're jabbing at you - it's because they want to see if at some point you'll snap and retaliate violently. Because people have before.
[ And he'd shot him in the head. But that wasn't necessary to say, right now. ]
But you guys deserve your lives here as much as anyone. Right now you're a - you're a symbol of oppression, not a man, to them. It makes it easy to detach and makes it easy to harass. Force knows that I know that. [ Half muttered to himself, he was still ashamed of the way he treated 622 when the stormtrooper first got here. ] But it's wrong. And they'll get there.
[ A pause. ]
Except for maybe Kanan. Just avoid Kanan. If he harasses you, let me know, and I'll deal with it, but in the mean time just don't bother.