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[onlydoubts]

So I'm sure most of you saw the network message about the Jedi made, last week. And the rebuttals made to that, over bwitter or through podcasts or over the network itself. This isn't one of those.

[ Hello, here's a face you might recall. Or not? Bodhi isn't all for public announcements like this, he's made one like this and the other was almost accidental. But he's had some Thoughts on recent events and wanted to make them known. ]

And I just wanted to say, that these come from people in the same galaxy. As myself. And if you wish to take that warning  [ if you can call it that and not a blatant attempt to arise suspicion ] into account, that's fine -- there's nothing wrong with that. But I also wanted to say that we come from a place that has seen a lot of war. After the Jedi fell, something called the Empire rose, and they... you know what, that's not the point of this 

[ deep breath ]

Anyways. Not all of us are wanting to bring our war here to you, or involve you in it. We shouldn't be trying to involve you in it, at all. To some of us -- to me, we can't go back to where we came from. I can't go back, this has become my home. Spending this time fighting... isn't how I want to use my time. And I hardly think I'm alone in that.

That's all I wanted to say on that.

[ and on a more positive note: ] I will say there's one thing I really do miss and it's being up there. Being grounded is something that I'm not entirely used to -- can't believe the closest I'll get to the stars again is watching others in it on TV.  

[ Not at all bitter or jealous, nope. With a shake of his head, he switches the feed off. ]

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[fettering]

ive always thought it was more important to form your own opinions about people than letting someone else tell you what to think

maybe you wont always be grounded?? i mean if theres a moon base now, in such a short amount of time, theres hope for more right??

[onlydoubts]

I hope that's an opinion more will take, rather than just listen to what was said previously.

Moon base? I haven't heard about that.

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[therewillbeorder]

If anyone from outside our galaxy is involved then that is entirely on you and your friends, especially since you felt the need to post this and broadcast our galactic conflicts to the world at large. And if you didn't want to spend your time here fighting, perhaps you should have thought about that sooner.

I would suggest you and your comrades take responsibility but I know how you tend to avoid that.

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[onlydoubts]

[ it's the first time Bodhi has spoken, face to face to Hux since... what had occurred. He's afraid, but keeps calm. Ish. ]

Where did I broadcast our conflict? I corrected myself before I could go onto that.

You have no room to lecture me on taking responsibility for anything considering all you've done is try and fight us. Why else would you have murdered me, if not to start conflict?

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[candor1]

CONTACT HIM AGAIN IN ANY WAY
AND WE WILL BURY YOU






[sorry, Bodhi… but… it's not about your ability to deal with this, and not about the war. You shouldn't have to and for once such context is irrelevant. There are things that aren't to be tolerated.]

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[functusofficio]

Do not speak to us of responsibility.

You have the blood of a system on your hands, and you're proud of it. You have Bodhi's blood on your hands and you're proud of it.

If that is your measure of responsibility then clearly you were never taught the true meaning.

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have you considered taking up deep sea exploration

[ Ignoring space drama in favor of having caught a weird show on TV. ]

[onlydoubts]

Not really. The ocean kind of scares me a little, and I don't know how to swim very well.

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[dun_moch]

Wisely said, I must say. While I understand the reasons for General Grievous' anger, I can promise that I have no desire to re-fight the Clone Wars here on Earth.

We all have other enemies that should be occupying our attention.

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[onlydoubts]

Oh. Thank you. [ he's definitely surprised because, Count Dooku, but... glad that they seem to be in agreement. That so far, so good. ]

I'm not thinking that we're all going to be friends and be able to throw parties together. There's too much history for that. I barely expect us to get along, but... like it or not, we're all here for the time being. Cause, yeah - there's too much tension here already without us fighting, or dragging people into our problems.

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[looseleaves]

... um, the most I'm really worried about in all this is any of us fighting, or... picking sides. I don't really understand everything, but... it feels like infighting would really hurt all of us, not just the people fighting. The citizens, too. Tensions are already high between us imPorts and the citizens after the fire, aren't they? And the election...

There's already a war going on here... we owe it to ourselves and the citizens to pay attention to it, I think...?

[ He lets out a heavy sigh, head tilting forwards. All this talk of war and genocide and killing have him a little shaken, and it shows. ]

Mm, I don't know, maybe that didn't make sense at all... I'm sorry. I really just meant to say that I agree with you, but I rambled...

Being so close to the stars is like a dream for me. Did you grow up so close to them?

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[onlydoubts]

Agreed. The citizens are already starting to get to be unhappy with us, and that fire at one of our own events certainly didn't help matters.

Hey. You alright? [ Bodhi can see he looks a little shaken, and he knows a little about going on tangents when you're feeling stressed. ]

I did. I'm from a desert planet, and I was a pilot, through space, flying planet to planet.

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[flightforfreedom]

[Poe might be calling from space, but at least he's calling from inside the space station and not from outside. Which is also why this isn't private. He literally can't have a private conversation right now. Even if he tried, his half would still be aired on TV, so.]

Sorry, bud, would have brought you if I could. You - uh - you alright? Something happen?

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[onlydoubts]

Oh, you know. The usual. [ THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER BODHI ] Someone trying to stir things up by telling everyone to be "wary" of the jedi.

Sorry, you probably have enough without me complaining at you. [ sigh ing. ] How is it? Tell me everything.

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[divaricate]

Anyone trying to tell others why they should hold anger for people not from their world is doing something wrong. Probably even a lot of somethings. So, I completely understand your desire to move forward from the wars of your home. [She'd grown up around war too.] I hope you can.

You're one of these Jedi? [Curious, but not for reasons to judge him unfairly over.]

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[onlydoubts]

It just seems pointless. There's so much more here to deal with than trying to get people to turn on one another like that. And jedi have made mistakes in the past, but to hold all accountable --

[ he shakes his head. Remember, not gonna throw any accusations here. ] It's pointless.

Me? No, I'm not.

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[generalgrievous]

The warning was to prevent trouble from the Jedi. The people needed to know the truth.

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[onlydoubts]

[ gulp. ]

So it wasn't an attempt to stir things up.

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[prophesiedone]

For what it's worth, I told him it was pointless. [The Purge happened. Repeating it will do no good and frankly he's not sure he has the stomach or the nerves for it.]

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[onlydoubts]

Judging from his response to me, I don't think he agrees with that sentiment. [ Unfortunate, but they can only try, right? ]

[foralways]

Well said, my friend. We have enough to deal with as we stand. Repeating our history here will do little good for any of us, I'm afraid.

[onlydoubts]

No, it won't. The people here have enough to deal with without our problems.

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[functusofficio]

It is good of you to try to look for some balance in people.

I hope for it too, but I fear that many of those who came from our world are not looking for that.

I hope we can persuade them.

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[onlydoubts]

No, there are a few of them that just... don't want to let things go. [ when you're blaming someone for something that happened when you weren't alive -- looking at you, Hux. ]

As do I. All we can do is try, yeah?

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[freedomflighter]

Can't agree more.

[He pauses and smiles slightly]

With the first part. I'm good with feet on the ground for once.

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[onlydoubts]

[ Whats the universal sign of agreement? A thumbs up. ]

No, you don't miss being up there at all?

[ it's not a judgement, he's legit curious. While he doesn't live breathe sleep flying like Poe, Bodhi was a pilot, so. ]

[am_i_a_monster]

I can't go back to where I'm from either. I hope none of the violence from other places has to follow us here. There's already too much.

[onlydoubts]

I'm sorry. [ with what having nothing to go home to, there's not much else he can say, but he still means it. ]

That's why I hope that we can... put things aside, if even for a while. There's too much already, and it'll be that much harder if we're all trying to hurt or one-up one another.