No. You're right. [ Even knowing Tarkin only by reputation, and knowing the deceitful and prideful things he has done in the name of the Empire, in the name of good... Akobi knows he would find such an opening strike too atrocious to consider. ]
At least... I hope you're right.
[ He pushes the heels of his hands into his eyes, sighing deeply. ] I don't like the direction the war is going, Dameron. I don't like it at all. I'm almost glad that I won't... [ Won't be alive to see it come to fruition. To be a part of a planet-destroying Army.
He doesn't finish the sentence. He doesn't care to, even if the rest of it is heavily implied and easily filled in. He swallows, dropping his hands and looking Poe square in the face. ]
As far as I'm concerned, this world is it for 622 and myself. And if one of us has a chance at happiness, here, away from the Empire and duty and the war we died fighting for... I'm glad it's him. Stars know he deserves it.
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At least... I hope you're right.
[ He pushes the heels of his hands into his eyes, sighing deeply. ] I don't like the direction the war is going, Dameron. I don't like it at all. I'm almost glad that I won't... [ Won't be alive to see it come to fruition. To be a part of a planet-destroying Army.
He doesn't finish the sentence. He doesn't care to, even if the rest of it is heavily implied and easily filled in. He swallows, dropping his hands and looking Poe square in the face. ]
As far as I'm concerned, this world is it for 622 and myself. And if one of us has a chance at happiness, here, away from the Empire and duty and the war we died fighting for... I'm glad it's him. Stars know he deserves it.