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[evasives]

[ oh hm. he doesn't... know what to do with this? with congratulations? he doesn't know what to do with people being... happy for him, for? being happy? this is almost stranger than anything he did in the aerie. ]

We are from the same galaxy, but we chose to get married here, at the end of May.

It makes sense to have found her again in the Aerie, but I much prefer the reality.

[livrer]

Not so long ago then

[ It's okay, Booker's having a hard time justifying the allowance to be happy too, but goddamnit, he's going to try. Cassian should too.

He'd spent so many years being resentful of what Joe and Nicky had, what he could never have again, and it cost him a lot more than he was ever allowed to bargain with. ]

Your story in the Aerie would have been a more tragic one

[evasives]

Not long ago at all, no. We have spent more time together here on Earth than our own galaxy.

[ he's known jyn for just under a year - the aerie makes it feel longer, in different ways. sometimes he feels like he's known jyn his whole life, when really it's only been a small fraction. maybe it's just all the pieces of themselves they see reflected in each other. ]

I am not sure anyone's story in the Aerie was meant to be happy. [ they found a little bit of joy in the end, he thinks, even if it all ended shortly thereafter. ]

[livrer]

Ah, on that I agree

It seems that world only showed us alternate versions of ourselves but none of those stories were happy ones

[evasives]

I think the sort of world with battles to the death would make happiness difficult regardless.

[livrer]

We were beginning to do something about it at least

[evasives]

There are always people who will resist when it comes to an oppressive system, even if it takes a while for them to find their footing.

[livrer]

I'm glad I was one of the ones that found their footing

[evasives]

You helped blow up the quarry.

[livrer]

One of my proudest achievements to date

[evasives]

Good. I have no regrets about taking the action either.

It was rather tame, really.

[livrer]

Tame?

[evasives]

It was one bomb on my part.

[livrer]

[ Hm. ​]

But I remember two

[ He knows that for sure; he'd nearly lost Margo after the second one had gone off. ]

[evasives]

The second one was not my doing.

But combined they did quite a lot to de-stabilize the volary.

[livrer]

Ah

Yes they did, that day the white towers fell

Was it a kestrel bomb?

[evasives]

Yes, I believe so, though I was not aware it was happening either.

[livrer]

Did the different factions not communicate?

[ He was a newb, so he hadn't been given enough time to learn the inner workings of the kestrel group. ]

[evasives]

I suspect the second bomb was put together more last minute. Ren and I built the first one - then I believe he took charge of building the second. It was not a bad opportunity to take advantage of, but communication between the kestrels seemed largely paper based.

[livrer]

Ah, oui ... with all the eyes in the Volary, that makes sense

My brother Joe used to send me messages that way

[evasives]

I am more surprised it took so long for such direct action.

It is quite useful. Paper is easily disposed, and it is almost unfortunate that it is so rare on this Earth in comparison. We favored it heavily.

[livrer]

Believe me, the absence of paper is deeply felt

Back home I was something of a book collector





The irony of my name is not lost on me

[evasives]

It was not common in my home galaxy, but nor was it obsolete like it is here.

Did you simply decide to run with what was given to you, or did the Booker come later?

[livrer]

I was born 'le Livre' as I was in the Aerie

It was a name I used for many years but when I met my family there came a point when it was easier and safer to remove ourselves from those identities

Not entirely but at least in part

Easier for English-speaking clients to pronounce too

[evasives]

I am not from Earth, so I am afraid these language references largely go over my head.

Though I do understand the necessities of changing one's identity.