[ he wasn't expecting Slick to want to talk about it, but perhaps he should have been, given he knows his own reaction was probably telling. Stupid, really. Embarrassing. Should have been able to clamp down on it, but he'd simply been caught by surprise just enough--
Darth Imperius certainly has no illusions about the so-called moral high ground of the Galactic Republic or the Jedi, but. ...at the very least he'd always thought the other side preferred not to stoop so far as to conscript slave labor. Who knew a member of the Dark Council could still have a naive bone left in his body? It's laughable. And to hear this after everything he just went through with Shan's Republic forces in the name of alliance-building--...
His already vaguely dour expression darkens further just about instantly as Slick speaks the words, and there's a long moment of silence before he finally gives a shrug, glancing off with another deep sigh. ]
Not particularly, no. But I doubt you want to hear any life stories. [ he could just -- say it, it hardly matters around here who knows, but the man is suspicious enough of him already. An instant reply of 'Oh yeah, me too!' would surely just sound like a transparent attempt to ingratiate himself. ]
Mostly just feeling thoroughly the fool that I'm even surprised. I've heard enough tales of the Jedi kidnapping infants, should've been obvious that their allies would be no better.
[ he moves in just a little closer so he can lean over next to Slick, pointing down at a couple of annotations on those papers ] This here is to mark those I know to be seasoned combatants. We've seen a few skirmishes here, just one major battle, but we have some talent among us at least.
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Darth Imperius certainly has no illusions about the so-called moral high ground of the Galactic Republic or the Jedi, but. ...at the very least he'd always thought the other side preferred not to stoop so far as to conscript slave labor. Who knew a member of the Dark Council could still have a naive bone left in his body? It's laughable. And to hear this after everything he just went through with Shan's Republic forces in the name of alliance-building--...
His already vaguely dour expression darkens further just about instantly as Slick speaks the words, and there's a long moment of silence before he finally gives a shrug, glancing off with another deep sigh. ]
Not particularly, no. But I doubt you want to hear any life stories. [ he could just -- say it, it hardly matters around here who knows, but the man is suspicious enough of him already. An instant reply of 'Oh yeah, me too!' would surely just sound like a transparent attempt to ingratiate himself. ]
Mostly just feeling thoroughly the fool that I'm even surprised. I've heard enough tales of the Jedi kidnapping infants, should've been obvious that their allies would be no better.
[ he moves in just a little closer so he can lean over next to Slick, pointing down at a couple of annotations on those papers ] This here is to mark those I know to be seasoned combatants. We've seen a few skirmishes here, just one major battle, but we have some talent among us at least.