Sometimes stirring unrest only makes them sink their heads down further.

[ she remembers akshaya refusing to believe the empire would ever come for a tiny planet like theirs, ignoring the unrest like if she pretended it wasn't there it would simply go away on its own.

it didn't. ]

Some people refuse to accept a war is coming until the destroyers are overhead and even then... [ her shoulders lift in a shrug. she's heard the phrase ignorance is bliss but she hasn't been that privileged since she was a little girl. ]