"You can't really draw lines from back home," Poe argued, pausing as three milkshakes appeared. One was set in front of Jess, one for Finn, and one for Poe. He thanked the waiter, waiting until he was out of earshot again before continuing. "Rex, for example - he's a clone from the Republic military in the clone wars. But he ends up fighting for the Rebellion back in our universe. He fought with my dad, actually - but that's a long story."
"Hux and Kylo are the only ones from our time and luckily for us, they aren't talking to each other. Jadus is a crazy creepy force user who lives out in the desert but I don't think he's going to start shit. Anakin is - - Anakin is from before he turned into Darth Vader and if we can avoid him turning to Darth Vader, that's our best shot. But I've heard rumours he has some kind of involvement with Hux, so. Fragile ground there."
"The other two are Imperial Army. Commander Akobi and TK-622, and both of them are off limits."
He wet his lips, but there was nothing for it. Jess needed to hear it from him, and she needed to hear it now before she thought he was hiding it. He wasn't ashamed. 622 had proven himself a hundred times. But he knew what the reaction was going to be.
Still.
He took a sip and then raised his straw out of his glass to lick the rest of the chocolate milkshake off, and then gestured to Jess with it.
"I mean it, Jess. Akobi is 622's commander and he's - well he can be an ass sometimes but he's a cog in the machine, not the force behind it. He's harmless here and he has no interest in stirring up the war. And 622 --" The straw kind of wavered as he watched her, trying not to let that surge of decision falter. "-- Look, don't yell at me, but long story short 622 and I have been dating for a while now so he's practically on our side anyway."
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"Hux and Kylo are the only ones from our time and luckily for us, they aren't talking to each other. Jadus is a crazy creepy force user who lives out in the desert but I don't think he's going to start shit. Anakin is - - Anakin is from before he turned into Darth Vader and if we can avoid him turning to Darth Vader, that's our best shot. But I've heard rumours he has some kind of involvement with Hux, so. Fragile ground there."
"The other two are Imperial Army. Commander Akobi and TK-622, and both of them are off limits."
He wet his lips, but there was nothing for it. Jess needed to hear it from him, and she needed to hear it now before she thought he was hiding it. He wasn't ashamed. 622 had proven himself a hundred times. But he knew what the reaction was going to be.
Still.
He took a sip and then raised his straw out of his glass to lick the rest of the chocolate milkshake off, and then gestured to Jess with it.
"I mean it, Jess. Akobi is 622's commander and he's - well he can be an ass sometimes but he's a cog in the machine, not the force behind it. He's harmless here and he has no interest in stirring up the war. And 622 --" The straw kind of wavered as he watched her, trying not to let that surge of decision falter. "-- Look, don't yell at me, but long story short 622 and I have been dating for a while now so he's practically on our side anyway."
He absolutely wasn't but.
Well.
Hope was a hell of a drug.