Even as he moves in perfect sync with her shift, even as he starts speaking, even as even fresher horror widens her eyes, there's the too well-trained whisper in the back of her mind, decades-long in the shaping regardless of emotion or confusion —
He didn't answer her. Again.
But the words still land. Vast and detonating as Obi-Wan's had. Bewildering and too far; her face caught in that explosion as well. "Palpatine?"
Vainglorious and power-hungry. No whisper left of the man she had once known when she first came to Coruscant. But. Then, also, just comes out, like it should be a disagreement. "He just declared himself Emperor."
Even when it feels sickening like it fits too well.
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Date: 2022-06-17 07:39 pm (UTC)Again.
But the words still land. Vast and detonating as Obi-Wan's had. Bewildering and too far; her face caught in that explosion as well. "Palpatine?"
Vainglorious and power-hungry. No whisper left of the man she had once known when she first came to Coruscant. But. Then, also, just comes out, like it should be a disagreement. "He just declared himself Emperor."
Even when it feels sickening like it fits too well.