[ as much as every single inch of him wants to fight, he stays still and keeps his mouth shut -- in no small part because of how brianna steps up for him.
poe still doesn't quite believe that she's protecting him; it goes against everything he knows. or thought he knew. what he expected was the treatment the leader was doling — and continuing to try and dole — out. this part of the whole capture experience was unsurprising.
he should just be quiet. he knows he should just be quiet and let them fight over his fate, but because he has a big stupid mouth that only ever gets him in trouble... ]
If you let me go, I'll get myself killed some way or another anyway.
[ it's not untrue? he's pretty sure there's not a single friend waiting for him in the outside world. (even if he did make it back to the republic, he wouldn't be able to stand the pitying looks. or being relegated to an outsider in practice if not in name.)
anyway: he didn't notice how raw and dry his throat felt until he tried to speak a long sentence. ow. ]
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poe still doesn't quite believe that she's protecting him; it goes against everything he knows. or thought he knew. what he expected was the treatment the leader was doling — and continuing to try and dole — out. this part of the whole capture experience was unsurprising.
he should just be quiet. he knows he should just be quiet and let them fight over his fate, but because he has a big stupid mouth that only ever gets him in trouble... ]
If you let me go, I'll get myself killed some way or another anyway.
[ it's not untrue? he's pretty sure there's not a single friend waiting for him in the outside world. (even if he did make it back to the republic, he wouldn't be able to stand the pitying looks. or being relegated to an outsider in practice if not in name.)
anyway: he didn't notice how raw and dry his throat felt until he tried to speak a long sentence. ow. ]