[ It's a question he should've anticipated-- maybe on some level he even did, volunteering the information-- but still, he finds himself unprepared.
Even at the time-- it's not like he was heartless. Obviously. Looking back there's no question giving her the coaxium was he right thing; the jailbreak on Kessel, too. No matter what trouble it caused, or how rich he could've been if he'd done something different.
But selflessness had come at a cost. Part of him had known, he thinks, how it was going to shake out when he left Qi'ra. That she wasn't going to stay. That Beckett wouldn't be reasoned with. And even if both of them had betrayed him, even if he'd known both of them were going to-- ]
Probably wouldn't be as surprised as I'd have claimed, [ he says, feeling a little uneasy. But she can't be surprised that he was already taking his scoundreling very seriously, then. ]
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Even at the time-- it's not like he was heartless. Obviously. Looking back there's no question giving her the coaxium was he right thing; the jailbreak on Kessel, too. No matter what trouble it caused, or how rich he could've been if he'd done something different.
But selflessness had come at a cost. Part of him had known, he thinks, how it was going to shake out when he left Qi'ra. That she wasn't going to stay. That Beckett wouldn't be reasoned with. And even if both of them had betrayed him, even if he'd known both of them were going to-- ]
Probably wouldn't be as surprised as I'd have claimed, [ he says, feeling a little uneasy. But she can't be surprised that he was already taking his scoundreling very seriously, then. ]