[ poe is not a philosophical genius by any means, so the question sort of takes hold of him and shakes him sideways. he doesn't know how to parse it. is he supposed to say that everything happened to finn because he needed a reminder or is it supposed to be a reminder for him????
shara bey's words were words he said and believed and didn't spend too much time analyzing, even though he'd carried them around with him since childhood. the actual words weren't incredibly important; what was important for him was hanging on to the idea that the galaxy was a good place. that things would be better eventually. there would actually be an after the war, a time when he could stop fighting and live out whatever unrelated to the war dreams he'd had and he could be
with finn.
there's a part of him — a part of him he always tries to block out by focusing on other things — that whispers to him. it says that maybe this happened to finn … because of him. not literally because of something he'd done to finn, but because he'd made too many wrong choices and spilled too much resistance blood to deserve nice things in the galactic handout. he ignores it. it's too dark and he wants to be the light and he can't reconcile both.
he decides to just be honest, head lifting from finn's shoulder to get a better look at him. ]
I don't know. I don't know which one you're supposed to be. But I think … either way, whatever's coming next? It's gotta be better, 'cause it can't get much worse.
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shara bey's words were words he said and believed and didn't spend too much time analyzing, even though he'd carried them around with him since childhood. the actual words weren't incredibly important; what was important for him was hanging on to the idea that the galaxy was a good place. that things would be better eventually. there would actually be an after the war, a time when he could stop fighting and live out whatever unrelated to the war dreams he'd had and he could be
with finn.
there's a part of him — a part of him he always tries to block out by focusing on other things — that whispers to him. it says that maybe this happened to finn … because of him. not literally because of something he'd done to finn, but because he'd made too many wrong choices and spilled too much resistance blood to deserve nice things in the galactic handout. he ignores it. it's too dark and he wants to be the light and he can't reconcile both.
he decides to just be honest, head lifting from finn's shoulder to get a better look at him. ]
I don't know. I don't know which one you're supposed to be. But I think … either way, whatever's coming next? It's gotta be better, 'cause it can't get much worse.