[ He has to wonder if that's why Suralinda took the job. Maybe at first. But by the time he'd seen her again it was more about headlines than making a difference. Maybe that changed when she started working with the Resistance, but not as much as Poe would hope. She relished the idea of propaganda. She'd made a traitor into a hero. Yeah, Oddy Muva had betrayed them for reasons that were understandable, if not forgivable. But Suralinda hadn't cared about shades of gray. She'd cared about getting a story that served the Resistance, accurate or not.
Poe hopes Karen will do better, be happier with the truth. Not that the truth is always a happy thing.
He shakes the brooding off, running a hand through his hair and making it stick up a little in the humidity. ]
Gee, what gave it away? [ A careless grin, no sign of troubled thoughts. He does sober, just a little bit, enough to say: ] It lets me make a difference, too.
[ He loves flying, with or without a mission, but being a part of the Resistance--it's everything. ]
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Poe hopes Karen will do better, be happier with the truth. Not that the truth is always a happy thing.
He shakes the brooding off, running a hand through his hair and making it stick up a little in the humidity. ]
Gee, what gave it away? [ A careless grin, no sign of troubled thoughts. He does sober, just a little bit, enough to say: ] It lets me make a difference, too.
[ He loves flying, with or without a mission, but being a part of the Resistance--it's everything. ]