[ It's clear how hard this is for Finn; he doesn't show any signs of struggle, externally, but that long silence says plenty. Cisco doesn't know what internal debates or struggles are going on inside him - he can only infer that they are difficult. So he waits, without interruption, or distraction, or movement. And when Finn does speak, his reaction is a muted: ]
Oh.
[ For Cisco, the word doesn't have the same weight it would doubtless invoke for someone from Finn's own universe. Sure, he knows what it means, what it implies. A foot-soldier, working for the First Order. Waging war on the innocent. But it is a moment of intellectual comprehension, rather than a visceral recognition.
Still, it makes sense. The lack of privacy Finn had described, his unfamiliarity with things like sledding and big parties and fun. If he had been raised to be a disposable soldier, to be canon fodder for an evil empire, they would want to crush out any individuality, anything good worth living for, that might make him unfit for his horrible fate. Cisco leans back, rubbing a hand across his mouth. There is no accusation, no fear, in his expression. Only sympathy, and sadness. ]
So you left, and joined the rebels. With Rey, and Poe. To make sure other people got to grow up free.
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Oh.
[ For Cisco, the word doesn't have the same weight it would doubtless invoke for someone from Finn's own universe. Sure, he knows what it means, what it implies. A foot-soldier, working for the First Order. Waging war on the innocent. But it is a moment of intellectual comprehension, rather than a visceral recognition.
Still, it makes sense. The lack of privacy Finn had described, his unfamiliarity with things like sledding and big parties and fun. If he had been raised to be a disposable soldier, to be canon fodder for an evil empire, they would want to crush out any individuality, anything good worth living for, that might make him unfit for his horrible fate. Cisco leans back, rubbing a hand across his mouth. There is no accusation, no fear, in his expression. Only sympathy, and sadness. ]
So you left, and joined the rebels. With Rey, and Poe. To make sure other people got to grow up free.