Sometimes Boba can't help but wonder what would have happened if any other test tube had gotten picked out. It always makes his stomach hurt. He locks the thought up before it sits too long.
The world Branch is suggesting, one where no one wants to hurt him, just... doesn't exist for Boba. It never has.
All at once, a wave of exhaustion runs through him. He slumps back against the wall.
He's tired. Tired of being scared alert all the time. Tired of waiting for the shoe to drop.]
...Maybe.
[He doesn't believe it, but he also doesn't have any arguments against it. They haven't hurt him yet, not really. He doesn't understand why.]
no subject
[Cattle, his father called them. Just soldiers.
Sometimes Boba can't help but wonder what would have happened if any other test tube had gotten picked out. It always makes his stomach hurt. He locks the thought up before it sits too long.
The world Branch is suggesting, one where no one wants to hurt him, just... doesn't exist for Boba. It never has.
All at once, a wave of exhaustion runs through him. He slumps back against the wall.
He's tired. Tired of being
scaredalert all the time. Tired of waiting for the shoe to drop.]...Maybe.
[He doesn't believe it, but he also doesn't have any arguments against it. They haven't hurt him yet, not really. He doesn't understand why.]
For now.