[ Preferences were a funny thing. Rey, for instance, preferred him charred and disarmed and beaten in the snow, but it appeared that had been a temporary state of affairs. Her jaw clenched, grinding her teeth together, uncertain of what to make of his assertion.
From her point of view, the only goal the First Order had was devastation and domination, far at odds with the peaceful intervention and exit that ALASTAIR touted. That meant she was either wrong about the First Order, or wrong about ALASTAIR. The first possibility, her pride refused to allow her to believe, and the other terrified her. Perhaps she would need to be more cautious in the ease with which she settled in here, if it were the sort of organization that courted the Dark Side with so little chafing. ]
They're saving these worlds. Helping them. The First Order would have conquered them, and if they failed to do that, you'd have watched them burn.
[ She snatched up her quarterstaff—not to lunge at him with it, despite how direly she wanted to, but rather for the same reasons a child might snatch up a security blanket. It made her feel better to be armed, made her feel like she was not tolerating his presence so much as suffering it. ]
You said they won't permit discord in their ranks. What do you mean by that? What would they do about it? [ filed under: things that weren't in the training video. ]
i mean that sounds fake but ... no that just sounds fake
From her point of view, the only goal the First Order had was devastation and domination, far at odds with the peaceful intervention and exit that ALASTAIR touted. That meant she was either wrong about the First Order, or wrong about ALASTAIR. The first possibility, her pride refused to allow her to believe, and the other terrified her. Perhaps she would need to be more cautious in the ease with which she settled in here, if it were the sort of organization that courted the Dark Side with so little chafing. ]
They're saving these worlds. Helping them. The First Order would have conquered them, and if they failed to do that, you'd have watched them burn.
[ She snatched up her quarterstaff—not to lunge at him with it, despite how direly she wanted to, but rather for the same reasons a child might snatch up a security blanket. It made her feel better to be armed, made her feel like she was not tolerating his presence so much as suffering it. ]
You said they won't permit discord in their ranks. What do you mean by that? What would they do about it? [ filed under: things that weren't in the training video. ]