[ There was no point to crying. He wouldn't feel sorry for her, and it wouldn't stop him, but tears threatened behind her eyes anyway, burning. The effort of holding them back contorted the firm line she set her mouth into.
He was right, of course. House Organa meant nothing to her. And she meant nothing to them. They weren't going to come for her. Lady Organa's contact in King's Landing was not going to save her. Finn, the only person who even knew what she'd been doing, was long gone — probably well up towards the wall by now where it would be safer, where no one would look twice. ]
Don't.
[ She pressed her eyes shut. Damn. ]
Please.
[ But such pleas would mean nothing to him either, not if she didn't give him what he wanted as well. ]
I don't know anything about Skywalker. I don't know what was in the message. I couldn't read it.
[ A lie, but would he know that she was anything but some illiterate bastard? With an accent like hers, maybe. More to the point, she'd gone an awful long way to keep him from reading it for someone who had no idea what it contained. ]
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He was right, of course. House Organa meant nothing to her. And she meant nothing to them. They weren't going to come for her. Lady Organa's contact in King's Landing was not going to save her. Finn, the only person who even knew what she'd been doing, was long gone — probably well up towards the wall by now where it would be safer, where no one would look twice. ]
Don't.
[ She pressed her eyes shut. Damn. ]
Please.
[ But such pleas would mean nothing to him either, not if she didn't give him what he wanted as well. ]
I don't know anything about Skywalker. I don't know what was in the message. I couldn't read it.
[ A lie, but would he know that she was anything but some illiterate bastard? With an accent like hers, maybe. More to the point, she'd gone an awful long way to keep him from reading it for someone who had no idea what it contained. ]