[ he tries to be strong, but she can see the echoes of what she'd done to him on the finalizer still present in him. in ways he would never tell anyone. he puts on a brave front because he wants to be okay. the resistance needs him to be okay. but his sleep is fractured and restless, punctuated with waking up in cold sweats. he couldn't stop thinking about it, the way she'd dug into his mind like it was nothing.
and it was happening again. even before she starts digging deep, the panic rises in him. he tries to stop her in whatever minor way he can, tries to divert her with thoughts of something else, literally anything else. home. other planets he'd been on. space. vastness of space.
it's rushed. sloppy. of course, he never stood a chance, but at least he could say he tried. he put on a brave face. the brave face gave way to guttural screaming, but at least it had been there at all.
at the end of the cat and mouse game, when his will finally relents, she gets the information she's looking for. defiant core. a base in the triton system made from salvaged parts of an old light destroyer. being a pilot, he held a certain fondness for it. the fact that they'd found a squadron of ancient y-wings there helped with that, too. sure, they were rust buckets, but it was still something the resistance could work with. ]
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and it was happening again. even before she starts digging deep, the panic rises in him. he tries to stop her in whatever minor way he can, tries to divert her with thoughts of something else, literally anything else. home. other planets he'd been on. space. vastness of space.
it's rushed. sloppy. of course, he never stood a chance, but at least he could say he tried. he put on a brave face. the brave face gave way to guttural screaming, but at least it had been there at all.
at the end of the cat and mouse game, when his will finally relents, she gets the information she's looking for. defiant core. a base in the triton system made from salvaged parts of an old light destroyer. being a pilot, he held a certain fondness for it. the fact that they'd found a squadron of ancient y-wings there helped with that, too. sure, they were rust buckets, but it was still something the resistance could work with. ]