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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dpdx" data-source="post: 926866" data-attributes="member: 188">Ryn backed away about a meter, and squinted at the droid, quizzically."Okay, fine. I expect that you don't know a a lot about MY traditions, either, but this is a lot more than just a trophy for my cabin wall, or a piece of headgear for my best friend. I handed you guys that helmet specifically BECAUSE I TRUSTED you, and I figured all you needed to do was tap the comlink. When your crew boss over there... ", nodding past Leo at Calven, "started talking about ripping into my helmet, I needed to lay some ground rules, quick. You're right, I don't know you that well, so I made some incorrect assumptions about what you would respond to with a higher degree of seriousness, and for that, I apologize.But it's also plainly obvious that you're making incorrect assumptions about me, as well. I'll point them out:First of all, we're not going to complete this mission without killing organics and yes, possibly deactivating droids, in some cases, permanently. I promise you that, but I also promise you something else - I'm not gonna wait to act just to see if I'm wrong. That'd be death, and for organics, that's the only shot we get.Second, if all that is was a corpse, we're not having this discussion, are we? But it wasn't, and you know it. It was a soldier of the Galactic Empire acting on orders to imprison us or kill us. What I foolishly threatened you with back there? They just do. They don't care how many protocols you know, cause you don't get to reason with them.  At the minimum, you get wiped and reprogrammed. I haven't been 'activated' nearly as long as you, but that I've seen. I grew up with those bastards ruining my planet.Third, I take not getting shot very seriously, and if I trust you, I'll take you not getting shot very seriously, too. That's why Izon's only singed, and why our assailants are floating downstream, face down. I killed all of them, and I'm not going to be made to feel guilty about making that happen. I'm glad they're dead, because it means we're not. And although you're pushing it, I actually like you guys better than the gnarkrheiwee. So far." Ryn smiles."So if you're worried that I might get you killed, or everybody else, call your former employers' business associates and have them pick you up - the shuttle's that way. But I'd rather you stick around, watch us succeed and help to complete this mission."</blockquote>

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