[ He shifts his weight in his seat at the direct question, suddenly a little uncomfortable—or cagey, more like. Where he comes from, no one would think to ask it, since only clones, battle droids, and the treasonous Jedi Knights fought in the war. The first two are recognizable on sight, and the final one should be dead. All of them. Every single one.
Back in his galaxy, saying yes would bring the entire Imperial machine down on him in an instant. And even though they're not in his galaxy, he still can't quite shake that tendril of dread threading down his spine. ]
It ended over ten years ago. I was just a kid back then.
[ Which is... okay, yeah, it's fully a lie by omission, but it's not a lie lie. He didn't look her in the eye and say no way, absolutely not. Mostly because he's a terrible liar and he knows it—he's averting his gaze right now even with the technical truth—but also because he doesn't particularly want to lie to her. It's just... old habits. Well-worn ones that have kept him inexplicably alive all these years.
Hopefully, his baby-face is really selling things better than his body language at the moment, even with the beard. Subtracting ten years or more from this face? Yikes. ]
Why do you ask?
[ Time to switch the subject around to her! Also, it was a very particular question to ask, so he's curious. ]
no subject
Back in his galaxy, saying yes would bring the entire Imperial machine down on him in an instant. And even though they're not in his galaxy, he still can't quite shake that tendril of dread threading down his spine. ]
It ended over ten years ago. I was just a kid back then.
[ Which is... okay, yeah, it's fully a lie by omission, but it's not a lie lie. He didn't look her in the eye and say no way, absolutely not. Mostly because he's a terrible liar and he knows it—he's averting his gaze right now even with the technical truth—but also because he doesn't particularly want to lie to her. It's just... old habits. Well-worn ones that have kept him inexplicably alive all these years.
Hopefully, his baby-face is really selling things better than his body language at the moment, even with the beard. Subtracting ten years or more from this face? Yikes. ]
Why do you ask?
[ Time to switch the subject around to her! Also, it was a very particular question to ask, so he's curious. ]