kaydel sighed. “ doesn’t work that way, unfortunately, “ she told him. she wasn’t sure what she was gonna do but she’d figure it out. she always did. gentle, she reminded herself. she needed to proceed carefully and gently. she took a breath before starting again. “ where would you rather go then? “ her instincts were screaming at her to follow instruction - check in with cassian first. but this assignment was different and she’d have to play things by ear , as it were.
❝ anywhere away from here, ❞ he replied. ❝ i did what you monsters wanted, you deprogrammed me, congrats. now let me leave. ❞ in his eyes there was nothing more he could do for them. he had a galaxy of suffering to atone for and he needed to do it in a way that he could process it -- which he wouldn't be able to do surrounded by rebels.
“ alright. we can go somewhere else. there’s the beach, or the woods, “ she offered. she didn’t comment on the second part of his spiel. she couldn’t begin to understand how he must be feeling without the fog of the programming. but she’d be there. it was her duty to help. and her assignment.
