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[ isn't that what he was too? a weapon for the rebellion, albeit by his own choice? he weaponized all kinds of things about himself and lost a lot of pieces along the way. ]

And what about now? Do you still think of yourself that way?

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i know what i am

[ that's a yes. he lost pieces of himself along the way, dutch was forcefully stripped of them. in the end, it makes little difference, does it? ]

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[ not a direct answer, but he can read between the lines. what's left, after all that? dutch says she knows what she is, but cassian isn't sure about himself anymore. what's a weapon without a war? ]

Do you ever want to change that?

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sometimes

[ johnny taught her that there's more to life than death and cold calculations, that she can be warm and have a family and people she cares for. that being a weapon can mean protecting those she cares for, too ]

mostly i want to change who pulls my strings
i hate being manipulated

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I am not sure there are very many strings here.

But you can still cut them once you know they exist.

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there's always strings
someone brought us here, someone's keeping us here

[ she's so sick and tired of being manipulated ]

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Then we find those strings.

That is what I am after. If I am going to stay here, I do not want to be manipulated either.

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deal

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We have to use our skills for something.

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you never told me all of yours

[ but then, she never told him hers, either. and still, she knows that they're alike. not all the ways in which they are, but that they are. ]

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There are a few. I imagine they are quite similar to yours.

Except they were not forced on me by a person so much as circumstance.

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did you learn how to kill, dance and marry a prince, too?

[ she figures it's the first more than the last two ]

still shit

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I have been fighting in wars and rebellions since I was six. I probably could have married a prince, if I needed to.

[ there are so many things he learned just because he needed to. he's used his looks for information a lot along the way. ]

It was done to overthrow an empire. But yes. Still shit.

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did knowing the reason help?

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Yes. Mostly.

[ not nearly as much as he pretends. ]

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liar

[ better to accuse him of that than to admit that she's desperately, bitingly jealous that at least he knew

what wouldn't she have given. would it have made it easier? -- dutch thinks back to khlyen telling her why is a question a little bird must never ask and knows that it would have.

it would have been hard in other ways, too. ]

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I did learn how to do that too. I lived more lies than truths sometimes.

[ he's not going to admit to lying Just Now though, don't be silly! of course he's lying about making it easier. he's still a ruin of a human being because of it no matter how noble the cause. ]

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it's been not so much lies as violence, for me

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In my case they tend to go hand in hand.

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how were you doing against the empire?

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Still ongoing when I left.

But I am told we win eventually.

[ he'll just never get to see it. ]

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that's something
i have no idea whether humanity gets replaced or if we win

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Humans tend to be very resilient. It is hard to imagine them being replaced.

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the hullen seem pretty sure they can manage, but i think you're right

[ else why would she be fighting? ]

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How do you fight a hullen?