That's all well and good, but what are you going to do if you can't find out?
[ Leia's nature is to press people, to push them, not to be more personal but to be less passive. And to confront the unpleasant realities of their situation. It had taken the Alliance years upon years to start to unearth some of the secrets behind the Empire, and she doesn't expect it to be a simple project here, either.
In the meantime, what is she going to do? Leia always lives in a state of being reconciled to the practical day-to-day reality, always stays focused on what she can do rather than what she can't. It's no different on the Barge than at home. ]
Plenty of opportunities? [ Leia huffs. ] It's been a standard month, and I feel like I'm going stir crazy.
Anyway, even if you're right, whatever's going on would have to be truly awful to make me give up on my deal. [ Leia has straightened up in her chair, and subconsciously is looking at her own surroundings with a pensive expression. ] I've done enough research to find out that the Admiral really can make good on his promises.
[Her expression smooths to neutrality at that, although she's watching Leia, too. Is her deal to have her home back? Or is it people she's subconsciously expecting to see here who she hopes to regain?
Whichever it is, it seems the Admiral does indeed hold up his end of his bargains. If he can expel the entities from Gertrude's world, he can give Leia whatever it might be that she wants.]
You just have to find your own things to do in the meantime... and let others go their own way, of course.
[ She's no stranger to making moral compromises in order to achieve her own ends, and Leia won't dismiss this opportunity out of hand if something nefarious is going on here. She'd have to assess the trade-off based on whatever it actually was.
Secretly, after talking to Jon, Leia's thinking the same thing -- if the Admiral can reverse a literal apocalypse, certainly he could restore Alderaan, and all the people and buildings with it. ]
Afraid I'm going to meddle, or try to convince you to give up on your suspicions? [ Leia asks, with a hint of a smirk. ]
I want my deal, but not at any cost. [ Leia frowns. That's how she'd lost Alderaan in the first place; saving it wasn't worth giving up the Alliance, and that's a decision she's had to live with. ]
I'll rock the boat if I have to. If you find anything out, I want to know about it.
[She sits back in the couch, looking around the delicately furnished, beautiful room with its decor styled in a way that isn't quite reminiscent of any style she's acquainted with of Earth.
[ Leia jolts a little, wrapped up in her own memories enough not to expect the question. When she'd first arrived, she'd thought it too much to burden her eventual Inmate with, that they'd feel too much pressure to graduate on her behalf and it would just be cruel. But in the month and change she's been here, Leia's realized that perspective is a bit egotistical.
She's hardly the first, or only, Warden to have a deal on that scale. And it's not like she could possibly keep the destruction of Alderaan a secret. That was never the idea. ]
The whole planet, [ she says plainly, without reservation or grief. The likes of Tarkin, Vader and Palpatine are not going to cow her, not then and not years later. But she does sneer faintly in disgust as she goes on, ] It was destroyed as a demonstration, because of me and my family's actions against the Empire.
I won't do whatever it takes to get it back, but I'll put up with this circus.
[A flick of her own eyebrows upwards; she refolds her hands on her knee.]
While I remain uninterested in seeking redemption for myself, I can't say I was particularly upset that my successor managed to find it for his inmate. His deal was for our world.
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[ Leia's nature is to press people, to push them, not to be more personal but to be less passive. And to confront the unpleasant realities of their situation. It had taken the Alliance years upon years to start to unearth some of the secrets behind the Empire, and she doesn't expect it to be a simple project here, either.
In the meantime, what is she going to do? Leia always lives in a state of being reconciled to the practical day-to-day reality, always stays focused on what she can do rather than what she can't. It's no different on the Barge than at home. ]
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When I find out, I might be willing.
[She raises her eyebrows.] It seems there are plenty of opportunities to do things here in the meantime, of course.
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Anyway, even if you're right, whatever's going on would have to be truly awful to make me give up on my deal. [ Leia has straightened up in her chair, and subconsciously is looking at her own surroundings with a pensive expression. ] I've done enough research to find out that the Admiral really can make good on his promises.
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[Her expression smooths to neutrality at that, although she's watching Leia, too. Is her deal to have her home back? Or is it people she's subconsciously expecting to see here who she hopes to regain?
Whichever it is, it seems the Admiral does indeed hold up his end of his bargains. If he can expel the entities from Gertrude's world, he can give Leia whatever it might be that she wants.]
You just have to find your own things to do in the meantime... and let others go their own way, of course.
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Secretly, after talking to Jon, Leia's thinking the same thing -- if the Admiral can reverse a literal apocalypse, certainly he could restore Alderaan, and all the people and buildings with it. ]
Afraid I'm going to meddle, or try to convince you to give up on your suspicions? [ Leia asks, with a hint of a smirk. ]
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[Succeeding, of course, is another matter. Gertrude shakes her head.]
No, I just meant that if you plan to work your way towards your deal, it may prove counterproductive to... rock the boat.
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I'll rock the boat if I have to. If you find anything out, I want to know about it.
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[She sits back in the couch, looking around the delicately furnished, beautiful room with its decor styled in a way that isn't quite reminiscent of any style she's acquainted with of Earth.
After a moment, she speaks again.]
Is it your home you're trying to get back?
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She's hardly the first, or only, Warden to have a deal on that scale. And it's not like she could possibly keep the destruction of Alderaan a secret. That was never the idea. ]
The whole planet, [ she says plainly, without reservation or grief. The likes of Tarkin, Vader and Palpatine are not going to cow her, not then and not years later. But she does sneer faintly in disgust as she goes on, ] It was destroyed as a demonstration, because of me and my family's actions against the Empire.
I won't do whatever it takes to get it back, but I'll put up with this circus.
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[A flick of her own eyebrows upwards; she refolds her hands on her knee.]
While I remain uninterested in seeking redemption for myself, I can't say I was particularly upset that my successor managed to find it for his inmate. His deal was for our world.
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Do you mean Jon? He told me about that --
[ Leia smiles wryly. ] I found it reassuring that I wasn't wasting my time.
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