It was a stupid question for him to ask, he belatedly thought. How else was she going to answer?
But it was incredibly tempting to believe her. Not just for the desirable outcome, but because… … …
…
…he wanted to believe her.
(Says which? Really? No… surely. No.)
Her microexpressions suggested earnestness. But he was suddenly inclined to doubt his own analysis. Objectivity was always impaired by wanting something.
Maybe to try and offset this sudden irrationality—snap himself out of it—it finally clicked. "Erso." Where he'd heard that before. "As in Galen Erso? Leading galactic authority on crystallography and energy enrichment; currently part of Imperial weapons development?"
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no worries bb!
Date: 2019-07-07 03:43 am (UTC)But it was incredibly tempting to believe her. Not just for the desirable outcome, but because… … …
…
…he wanted to believe her.
(Says which? Really? No… surely. No.)
Her microexpressions suggested earnestness. But he was suddenly inclined to doubt his own analysis. Objectivity was always impaired by wanting something.
Maybe to try and offset this sudden irrationality—snap himself out of it—it finally clicked. "Erso." Where he'd heard that before. "As in Galen Erso? Leading galactic authority on crystallography and energy enrichment; currently part of Imperial weapons development?"