[ Jim opens his mouth at that, closes it again, looking away after staring at Hux for a few seconds too long. ] Yeah. Know the feeling.
[ People expected him to join Starfleet too, to follow in his father's footsteps— which is what made him all the angrier and more adamant about staying away from Starfleet. He can't say he shares the experiences of abuse, at least not with his dad. Frank was a whole other matter entirely. ]
Huh. Bit different than where I come from, but... [ He purses his lips and nods. ] I get that. [ Not from personal experience or anything. He just understands that different worlds have different stories, different developments. To him Hux's reality seems too extreme, but he comes from a place where that sort of thing was never a necessity, so. He knows better than to judge. ]
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[ People expected him to join Starfleet too, to follow in his father's footsteps— which is what made him all the angrier and more adamant about staying away from Starfleet. He can't say he shares the experiences of abuse, at least not with his dad. Frank was a whole other matter entirely. ]
Huh. Bit different than where I come from, but... [ He purses his lips and nods. ] I get that. [ Not from personal experience or anything. He just understands that different worlds have different stories, different developments. To him Hux's reality seems too extreme, but he comes from a place where that sort of thing was never a necessity, so. He knows better than to judge. ]