Poe's expression clouds with the memory of the night Cassian found out about the second Death Star. "He died. Before the Battle of Yavin."
Should he tell her that it was the Death Star's doing? Should he tell her about Alderaan, the warning to the galaxy? Should he leave that to Cassian, or would that just be ducking the responsibility of it?
He doesn't want to lay it all off on someone else. He doesn't want to lie. And if she finds out the truth later, and that he knew and said nothing, he'll have betrayed her in a way. He reaches for her but doesn't touch her, fingers hovering for a moment over her arm in the ghost of a comforting gesture, before he lets his hand fall.
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Should he tell her that it was the Death Star's doing? Should he tell her about Alderaan, the warning to the galaxy? Should he leave that to Cassian, or would that just be ducking the responsibility of it?
He doesn't want to lay it all off on someone else. He doesn't want to lie. And if she finds out the truth later, and that he knew and said nothing, he'll have betrayed her in a way. He reaches for her but doesn't touch her, fingers hovering for a moment over her arm in the ghost of a comforting gesture, before he lets his hand fall.
"The Empire used the Death Star on Alderaan."