I got an entire bomb squadron killed, then mutinied and nearly cost everyone in the Resistance--I nearly got everyone in my family killed. Most of them... We went from four hundred to fifteen, and I didn't do anything but help people die.
Here...
[ It takes a little while for him to settle on just one thing. He doesn't want to be told Paige Tico's disappearance isn't his fault. He knows, on some level, that it isn't. The guilt of it is still there.
Really, what he's done here is on such a smaller scale. They don't feel smaller though. Not right now. ]
I met someone good. Someone who gave me a lot. Gave me everything. Trusted me.
I took his trust and broke it and he... [ An disbelieving exhalation. ] He still...
[ Poe trails off quietly, thinking about it, doing more than just mentally punishing himself for not being the kind of person John deserves.
Even after Poe walked away, John still checked on him. Still offered Poe someone to talk to.
Maybe he's still got a chance.
He pulls himself back from that thought for now. For now: ]
2/2 - NOT ANON ANY MORE more introspective rambling go i g
Here...
[ It takes a little while for him to settle on just one thing. He doesn't want to be told Paige Tico's disappearance isn't his fault. He knows, on some level, that it isn't. The guilt of it is still there.
Really, what he's done here is on such a smaller scale. They don't feel smaller though. Not right now. ]
I met someone good. Someone who gave me a lot. Gave me everything. Trusted me.
I took his trust and broke it and he... [ An disbelieving exhalation. ] He still...
[ Poe trails off quietly, thinking about it, doing more than just mentally punishing himself for not being the kind of person John deserves.
Even after Poe walked away, John still checked on him. Still offered Poe someone to talk to.
Maybe he's still got a chance.
He pulls himself back from that thought for now. For now: ]
What happened to them? Your brother, the woman?