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[flightforfreedom]

You've reached Poe Dameron. I'm off flying something or trying not to get killed, so go ahead and leave a message and I'll get back to you eventually.

 

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[functusofficio]

That is not a sufficient response.

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[flightforfreedom]

okay

do you really think any of this would be happening if i had any idea what i was doing

i was trying to be kind but i mean
you and everyone else on this damn planet
saw just how well that went

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[functusofficio]

You remember what you saw in my memories.

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[flightforfreedom]

padme--




yeah. i do.
this isn't - the same thing.

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[functusofficio]

Is that so?

Explain to me how it is different, for him.

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[flightforfreedom]

[god damn, padme, not pulling any fucking punches are you]


that's not

that's


look

i know that i'm the biggest piece of bantha shit in the universe already, alright?

force, you don't have to rub it in

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[functusofficio]

Perhaps, Commander, you should stop feeling sorry for yourself and how bad you feel about what you've done, and instead consider what the options are for changing that.

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[flightforfreedom]

please, feel free to educate me with your infinite wisdom, senator


[He feels like shit literally the second after sending that. Fuck.]

sorry. apparently lashing out at people who don't deserve it is also going on my resume today

but look

i'm not really sure what you think i can do at this point
other than give him space

force knows i want to apologize but i'm pretty sure at this point it would make it worse

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[functusofficio]

Give him space.

That is not entirely possible up there, obviously, but allow him his privacy. If you do not feel how he does, you should make an effort to cut short time between you for the moment at least.

It would be unkind to do otherwise.

It would also give you time to reflect on how you feel about people.

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[flightforfreedom]

why do you think I've holed up in this pod all day? It's not because it smiled nice in here. Let's put it that way.

honestly

my feelings aren't really the point.

they don't matter.

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[functusofficio]

I consider that a lie.

Of course your feelings matter.

It seems rather like you thinking they didn't is what caused this mess.

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[flightforfreedom]

actually bringing my feelings into this would make it five times as complicated and just hurt him

keeping my feelings in mind really wasn't my fucking problem

it was ignoring his