disbelief ripples from cassian before he can stop it, before he regains control over his emotions. grabs them with a white-knuckled grip, holds them below cold water until he can't feel the thrashing anymore. a well-practiced move that's served him for years and years. and good thing, or he'd be angry at how dokja rolls over and agrees to this.
rather than anger, he feels nothing at all. and that will allow him to do what needs to be done, one more time. ]
Come meet me where the Theater in Highstorm used to be. [ it's rubbled now, one of the areas of the city that's unlivable. he's quiet a moment, and then he says, ] Tomorrow.
[ like an idiot. too long; too much time for dokja to change his mind or deviate from the plan. too much of a risk. ]
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disbelief ripples from cassian before he can stop it, before he regains control over his emotions. grabs them with a white-knuckled grip, holds them below cold water until he can't feel the thrashing anymore. a well-practiced move that's served him for years and years. and good thing, or he'd be angry at how dokja rolls over and agrees to this.
rather than anger, he feels nothing at all. and that will allow him to do what needs to be done, one more time. ]
Come meet me where the Theater in Highstorm used to be. [ it's rubbled now, one of the areas of the city that's unlivable. he's quiet a moment, and then he says, ] Tomorrow.
[ like an idiot. too long; too much time for dokja to change his mind or deviate from the plan. too much of a risk. ]