[She listens silently, taking in what he's saying in quiet support. She understands what it's like to admit things, to show weakness like this. She doesn't prod him when he pauses, glancing back at the books to give him space until he continues. When he starts messing with his shirtcuffs, she hesitates... and then places a hand on his wrist. For comfort. Because she understands.]
I wasn't lying when I said I'd laid waste to innocent people before. [At least his hadn't been innocent.] But when I turned against the Empire, I turned against everything and everyone I'd grown up with. I know what that's like... to lose people important to you... to be unable to save them.
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Date: 2011-05-23 04:17 pm (UTC)I wasn't lying when I said I'd laid waste to innocent people before. [At least his hadn't been innocent.] But when I turned against the Empire, I turned against everything and everyone I'd grown up with. I know what that's like... to lose people important to you... to be unable to save them.