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un: andor | misfire (nsfw)

[aldhani]

[a photo of a thin knife scar on a chest. there's no other identifiable information.

along with it comes a message:]

It's starting to fade. We should do something about that.

[snaggleteeth]

Would you like less or more of it?

[he can guess this one isn't for him. cassian will, surely, tell him to delete if that's important.]

[aldhani]

[he should've known better than to think he would've been allowed to just ignore things forever. and, even sighing as he is, this could also be worse.]

Isn't the idea usually more?

[snaggleteeth]

Depends. Not exactly what I'm into. But I keep the important ones.

She give you that one?

[he's just curious. but he wouldn't give up the one vernestra gave him, either, so he might understand better than he lets on.]

[aldhani]

[that curiosity reads through, and he finds himself answering it.]

I told her to.

It's nice to have one that I chose, that didn't hurt when it was made. And it's a reminder that she's here.

[snaggleteeth]

I get it. Mostly.

[almost. more or less. no, no. he gets it. the power of two.]

How long did it take for you to trust her enough with that?

[you're a squirrely little guy, cassian andor.]

[aldhani]

A while.

But she more than earned that trust.

[snaggleteeth]

Hard to imagine. Not trying to pry.

Are you really engaged, or was that just Kodo?

[aldhani]

There's a lot that goes into a relationship.

[you don't know everything about me is what he'd just managed to hold himself back from typing.]

We're engaged. That was the truth in the story.

[snaggleteeth]

Don't get me wrong. I understand that. And I admire it.

[the stranger knows, too, he doesn't know everything about cassian andor. he's, honestly, not that good a telepath. it'd take more time than that.

the power of two is the thing he understands.]

That's a strong truth. Does it give you courage? Hope? Something to look forward to, I'm sure.

[aldhani]

[that does some work to soften him — and to have him give that question the kind of consideration that actually forms an answer.]

I think it's a good reminder of what's important. That no matter what this place decides to do with us, we have each other, and that's worth it.

[snaggleteeth]

That something you bring from our galaxy, or you pick that up after you left?

[a messenger. there aren't a lot of other people whose words the stranger would weigh like such.]

[aldhani]

I figured that out along the way. And I had help.

[snaggleteeth]

And here I thought, you were in it for the coinage and sheer thrill of subterfuge.

[aldhani]

Sorry to disappoint.

[snaggleteeth]

You haven't. Thanks.