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They'll have less power to fight back! The enemy will be weak after a blow like that!

[Small, dream child Hux doesn't have a sophisticated vocabulary at all.]

Which means that we can end the war far more quickly and get started on making the galaxy all ordered! We'll fix the chaos that destroying a planet would cause, I'll make certain of that!

No, they won't. [What was wrong with this kid?]

You'll have killed trillions of innocent people, and by such an act of violence, you'll only encourage more and more people to hate you and fight back.

You can't fix that chaos, you caused it, no one will ever see you as someone of order, only someone of hatred and someone who is afraid.

[He frowns, but for once, Hux doesn't simply brush aside her words. He thought that a First Order officer, even one that has 'magic,' would agree with his actions.]

Then... how would you establish order in the galaxy? You should know how weak the New Republic is, letting various terrorists invade multiple planets because the senate is too busy arguing against each other to do anything.

Look at it this way, let's say you were having your favorite dinner after a long and tiring day, and someone came along, snatched the plate from you and slammed your plate and food onto the floor, smashing the plate, and threw your glass against the wall, destroying it and letting glass shards be everywhere. But then they said, "don't worry, I'm going to make it better now." Would you believe them? Would you want to eat anything they made you? Or trust them to clean up every glass shard they caused?

You make things better by offering help, to improve things where you can. The New Republic is what you just said, it's new, so it needs help! Support good ideas! Help find funding for things that would improve society as a whole! Just because something is new doesn't mean it's not a good idea. It just needs to figure itself out and that takes time and patience and willingness to trust. If the Senators are arguing, figure out what they're arguing about and try to find the best solution, sometimes people need outside opinions. But you don't go destroying things. That's like getting a new puppy with some fleas and going "oh that's no good," and killing the dog instead to get rid of those fleas. That's how extreme destroying a planet is.

[Hux isn't entirely sold on that example, his eyebrows furrowing as if he's trying to wrap his mind around the comparison. It's different comparing dinner to establishing order in the galaxy!

At least it's easier to talk about how much he hates the New Republic, that's something very familiar to him.]

The New Republic is the enemy, as a First Order officer, you should know that. You can't help a government that's corrupt to its very core, that's why such extreme measures must be taken.

[He looks at her with an odd expression, almost wary, but he's not completely distrustful yet.]

...You're the first person to even suggest something like that. [She's not a traitor, is she??]

Why is it corrupt? And why is killing them the answer?

The New Republic only exists because a group of terrorists overthrew the Empire. I can admit that the Empire had its faults, but it was gradually establishing order in the galaxy through a strict military force until its downfall.

[It had done far more in the first few years than the New Republic in comparison!]

Why am I explaining this to you? As a First Order officer, you should know all this! O-or are you a traitor? [He squints up at her, suddenly very suspicious about this person.]

I'm not a traitor. I'm a planet guardian. [Because why not run with it, she supposes.] I'm on neither side at the moment. [Though she was inclined to go with the group who DIDN'T think destroying a planet was the way to do things.]

Have you ever met a planet guardian?

[A what?? Planet guardian?? He's not certain how she became one, but it's obvious to him now that she's not really a First Order officer. As any good soldier, he should report her or shoot her...

But Hux does neither of those things as he looks at her with a childlike curiosity. Fitting, given his current age.]

No, but I can guess what you do. You guard planets.

[A true genius here.]

That's right, I do. And you can imagine how I might feel about someone just so flippantly saying they'll kill a destroy a whole planet.

You'd be really angry and hate them.

[Hux frowns, why would such a thing matter to him? It's not like he really knows this person and she's not really of the First Order, but for whatever reason, he doesn't look happy by the thought of this.]

...Fine, I'll try to think of something else. [He grumbles and stares out the window, thinking that he's being mature about this.]

Mnn, hate? No, but I would have to punish them. [She smiled, not one to really hate anyone outside a select few. But she was glad to see that Hux would be willing to try something else.]

Thank you for thinking of something else. Don't break your promise, though. [She held out her pinkie.]

[He doesn't want to be punished. It'll probably be painful... he'd almost prefer the hate in that case.]

Promises are just words, people break them all the time. [Hux thinks he's being so adult-like saying this!! Also he doesn't seem to quite understand the whole pinkie promise thing.]

Edited 2019-03-26 23:24 (UTC)

Then it takes a great person to keep a promise once they make it because nothing is keeping them to their word beyond themselves. It's the ultimate sign of control and honor.

Are you a man of honor and control? Or does breaking a promise mean nothing to you?

[He... he never thought of promises like that before. Hux is having difficulty refuting this, what can he say against her?! Does that mean she's right? Harumph.]

Of course I am!! [Honor isn't a huge thing to him, control on the other hand...] Fine, I promise that I'll at least try and think of a different solution than destroying planets.

Edited 2019-03-28 22:00 (UTC)

[Yes, Armitage, other people are capable of being right, even the ones you hate. Or are you going to argue about facts for the sake of being contrary?]

Only try? You aren't going to give yourself a challenge? You only want an easy way out?

[There's no way he's not stepping up to the challenge now.]

I'm not taking the easy way out! I'll see your promise and fulfill it!! [He's not going to let his capabilities be questioned! He's almost an officer, he can definitely do this!]

[So easy. She grinned and nodded.]

Well, good, it's a promise, then. I'll come back and check in on you and see how it goes.

Fine.

[But for whatever reason, he doesn't want to leave it at that.] I-I won't let you down.

[Except he does oops. Well, it's just a dream anyway, so no big deal...?]

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