[ Poe lowered his hands, finally, though he didn't look any less awkward, and he was suddenly very very aware of his limbs and where he was and what he was doing.
What was he doing? 622 had gone out of his way to protect him, and he was just kicking it over like a sand castle. Damn it. ]
I didn't -- [ He swallowed, trying to think of the best way to put it, but then his power kicked in and dragged the confession out of him unfiltered: ] I hate the number. It's one of the most dehumanizing- degrading- I don't like them on droids and they're even worse on clones. Finn only had a number too, when I met him, so I figured out something else to call him and it stuck.
So I told him to fit in on this planet he'd need to take a name. I wasn't - I wasn't wrong, exactly, Force knows he gets grief trying to stick to his resignation. So I called him Taiko. For - for TK.
But I don't now. Because I know what that designation means for him, so it doesn't matter if I hate it.
This is the point I'm trying to make. Out of all of them - I was the worst. [ He swallowed, looking a little queasy. But he powered on. ]
I was the worst, and an idiot, and an asshole, and he was - he was only ever amazing, and I learned. If I could get it shaken out of me - they all can too. That's - that's all I'm trying to say.
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What was he doing? 622 had gone out of his way to protect him, and he was just kicking it over like a sand castle. Damn it. ]
I didn't -- [ He swallowed, trying to think of the best way to put it, but then his power kicked in and dragged the confession out of him unfiltered: ] I hate the number. It's one of the most dehumanizing- degrading- I don't like them on droids and they're even worse on clones. Finn only had a number too, when I met him, so I figured out something else to call him and it stuck.
So I told him to fit in on this planet he'd need to take a name. I wasn't - I wasn't wrong, exactly, Force knows he gets grief trying to stick to his resignation. So I called him Taiko. For - for TK.
But I don't now. Because I know what that designation means for him, so it doesn't matter if I hate it.
This is the point I'm trying to make. Out of all of them - I was the worst. [ He swallowed, looking a little queasy. But he powered on. ]
I was the worst, and an idiot, and an asshole, and he was - he was only ever amazing, and I learned. If I could get it shaken out of me - they all can too. That's - that's all I'm trying to say.