Our home is in the middle of a Civil War that's been going on since we were children. The resistance was resisting. It wasn't just one force, there were different factions. Cassian was a member of the Alliance.
[ which, as an explanation, only offers more questions. ]
[Though Yuuri doesn't know her exact age, Jyn obviously is a young woman at this point, and he realizes with some horror what that means with her last text providing some context.]
It's been going on for that long? What started it?
[A pause, before he sends another message.]
Sorry, I'm asking pretty intrusive questions. You don't have to answer them if you don't want to.
It's not, it's the largest part of it. The Alliance has got chancellors and a counsel and a military fleet. But there were other, smaller groups of rebels as well, and the Separatists before them.
[ that's not necessarily true, he has his moments, but for the most part jyn considers him a hell of a lot calmer than she is. she knows this calm is at least a front. ]
Eluvio is a better alternative than what we would have had.
It sounds that way. Even if it was unexpected, I hope you and the Captain have a better time of it here.
[As much as he himself can't help but feel a little resentful of the anomalies for taking him and Viktor away from their home, he can't begrudge people like Jyn and Cassian their happiness, either. Not when he knows they were caught up in a war back in their universe.]
How was the Resistance doing before you were taken by the anomalies?
[Read: Do you think after so many years, the war could finally end soon?]
[ ahahahahaha hahaha ha. "well most of the resistance i knew was dead or dying on a beach about to be obliterated" seems like a cruel thing to say but it's also the truth. ]
Talking instead of doing. They have the key to defeating the Empire now, we can only hope they'll use it sooner rather than later.
[ in a couple days time rey will illuminate her on the truth but for now it's just hope. ]
That sounds like a step in the right direction. Maybe they'll finally be able to end that civil war then!
[He hopes so, at least. A war that's lasted that long is something he wouldn't wish on anyone, even if he's never actually been to Jyn and Cassian's home.]
[ what if she just... doesn't answer that first part. she can handle the pity, she got plenty of it when they returned from eadu, she doesn't want cassian and kay and bodhi to deal with it to. ]
The Force is everything. It's
hard to explain. It would be a very long message. It might scroll. [ slowly, in yellow block print over a starry background. ]
[ at least not one that would make sense without context. jyn had grown up with a force-sensitive mother, it had always been a part of her life, even with her father being so scientifically minded. ]
The Force is energy created by life that surrounds us all.
There is a species of rodent on the planet Alpinn that were born without eyes because the white rocks of the planet were so bright that if they could see, the reflection of the sun off the white stone would blind them. Then have no concept of light because sight isn't even one of their senses. Even though we know of light and suns, they do not.
The Force is like a sun. It touches everything and it connects all things. Most people are like the Alpinn rodents and can't feel the Force, but some people are born sensitive to it and can feel it moving and surrounding people. In rare cases, there are people born that are so sensitive to the Force that they can bend it to their will and use it. There are no Jedi left though, they all died in the Clone Wars.
[ she thinks all that is accurate but she hasn't read about alpinn since she was very young and the clone wars were back when she was small enough to fit into a back pack carrier. no doubt chirrut would have a better explanation, but yuuri's stuck with jyn. ]
I think I sort of get it. It's not called the Force, but some people back home believe they have a sixth sense of some kind. Not an exact match, but it's still a kind of power that not everyone really understands or believes in.
It sounds like the Force is accepted as fact in your universe, though. Is anyone you know sensitive to it?
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[ which, as an explanation, only offers more questions. ]
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It's been going on for that long? What started it?
[A pause, before he sends another message.]
Sorry, I'm asking pretty intrusive questions. You don't have to answer them if you don't want to.
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The Jedis fell after the Clone Wars and Palpatine put himself into power as Emperor.
[ men love power. ]
The resistance was small at first because no one realized that democracy was crumbling around them until it was too late.
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You said there were different factions. How's the Alliance different from the resistance?
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[ that's not necessarily true, he has his moments, but for the most part jyn considers him a hell of a lot calmer than she is. she knows this calm is at least a front. ]
Eluvio is a better alternative than what we would have had.
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[As much as he himself can't help but feel a little resentful of the anomalies for taking him and Viktor away from their home, he can't begrudge people like Jyn and Cassian their happiness, either. Not when he knows they were caught up in a war back in their universe.]
How was the Resistance doing before you were taken by the anomalies?
[Read: Do you think after so many years, the war could finally end soon?]
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Talking instead of doing. They have the key to defeating the Empire now, we can only hope they'll use it sooner rather than later.
[ in a couple days time rey will illuminate her on the truth but for now it's just hope. ]
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[He hopes so, at least. A war that's lasted that long is something he wouldn't wish on anyone, even if he's never actually been to Jyn and Cassian's home.]
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[ jyn erso, you shut your mouth. or fingers... ]
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He stares blankly for a moment.]
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[What??? How???]
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[And it's starting to really hit him.]
I'm sorry.
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[ she ignores the condolences because she genuinely doesn't know what to say to it. he's sorry she died. hell, she is sorry she died too. ]
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Sorry, it's just a lot to take in.
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A friend of mine, a brother really, likes to say that everything is as the Force wills it. We're dead, but apparently we're not done.
[ maybe not say "we" when talking about dead people idk. stop having a sad life!!! ]
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"We"?
What is the Force? I've never heard of it.
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The Force is everything. It's
hard to explain. It would be a very long message. It might scroll. [ slowly, in yellow block print over a starry background. ]
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So no condensed version?
I don't mind scrolling, though. It's sort of interesting hearing about all these new things from everyone's worlds. Or universes.
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[ at least not one that would make sense without context. jyn had grown up with a force-sensitive mother, it had always been a part of her life, even with her father being so scientifically minded. ]
The Force is energy created by life that surrounds us all.
There is a species of rodent on the planet Alpinn that were born without eyes because the white rocks of the planet were so bright that if they could see, the reflection of the sun off the white stone would blind them. Then have no concept of light because sight isn't even one of their senses. Even though we know of light and suns, they do not.
The Force is like a sun. It touches everything and it connects all things. Most people are like the Alpinn rodents and can't feel the Force, but some people are born sensitive to it and can feel it moving and surrounding people. In rare cases, there are people born that are so sensitive to the Force that they can bend it to their will and use it. There are no Jedi left though, they all died in the Clone Wars.
[ she thinks all that is accurate but she hasn't read about alpinn since she was very young and the clone wars were back when she was small enough to fit into a back pack carrier. no doubt chirrut would have a better explanation, but yuuri's stuck with jyn. ]
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It sounds like the Force is accepted as fact in your universe, though. Is anyone you know sensitive to it?
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