airspear: (85)
𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍 ([personal profile] airspear) wrote in [personal profile] codenamem 2021-04-21 11:56 am (UTC)

For you, Hot Stuff, gladly.

[ If his brothers are anything like Albert, she's sure she'll like them. And if not — it'd be easy to find something to like about them regardless, just because Albert loves them. ]

Keep me posted.

[ The admission of that fear is what placates her at this moment. Fear is what keeps her alive — as she knows her death, back home, will mean plenty to the people that stick by her. Biggs and Wedge, and the men that've served her through thick and thin — they've always relied on her being alive, because it's her talents that've ultimately brought food on their table, money in their pocket — their lives have always been in her hands. She's always feared what would happen if she suddenly dies.

She's seen what it's like, to sacrifice yourself for a bigger cause, seen firsthand the deaths that come with such a promise. It's something she'll never understand — she's always fought to live.
]

You measured your entire life around your value as a dead man. Means you're starting to learn just how much you're worth when you really live.

[ To others, and ultimately, maybe, to himself. The long road ahead. ]

I'd hold on to that for as I can, if I were you.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting