[ Her eyes sharply narrow, a flicker of something dark passing through them. ]
For being my mother's favorite, you clearly haven't picked up much from her.
[ A slight glare is maintained as she loosely crosses her arms, brushing off the pain from her wounded shoulder at the motion. Something she would have to have properly attended to at some point. ]
She could have walked away. Let the galaxy deal with its problems on its own after people were happy to turn their backs on us. [ Sure, Brianna didn't know exactly how things went down in the Senate (apart from information available on the HoloNet later, and from a few classified First Order files much later) but she didn't need to be told. She knew how most of the other students reacted when the news finally made it to the isolated corner of the galaxy they were in. Heard and saw how some in more civilized areas reacted to certain names both before and after. ] Instead she doubled down on fighting against the newest version of the Empire. And knowing her, it probably wouldn't have dissuaded her if she'd known what she was actually up against.
[ At which point she sighs, shifting a little, because it seems she's going to have to voice a decision she didn't make all that long ago. Really she only made it... well. When she found out from Poe her mother was still alive. ]
Maybe I could leave. Maybe. But if I'm not in charge then there's nothing to keep the First Order from killing her, one way or another.
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For being my mother's favorite, you clearly haven't picked up much from her.
[ A slight glare is maintained as she loosely crosses her arms, brushing off the pain from her wounded shoulder at the motion. Something she would have to have properly attended to at some point. ]
She could have walked away. Let the galaxy deal with its problems on its own after people were happy to turn their backs on us. [ Sure, Brianna didn't know exactly how things went down in the Senate (apart from information available on the HoloNet later, and from a few classified First Order files much later) but she didn't need to be told. She knew how most of the other students reacted when the news finally made it to the isolated corner of the galaxy they were in. Heard and saw how some in more civilized areas reacted to certain names both before and after. ] Instead she doubled down on fighting against the newest version of the Empire. And knowing her, it probably wouldn't have dissuaded her if she'd known what she was actually up against.
[ At which point she sighs, shifting a little, because it seems she's going to have to voice a decision she didn't make all that long ago. Really she only made it... well. When she found out from Poe her mother was still alive. ]
Maybe I could leave. Maybe. But if I'm not in charge then there's nothing to keep the First Order from killing her, one way or another.