Wanting to believe her, thinking her earnest, noting the tells (expression shift, manual tremor) that he'd struck a nerve, gave him the uncustomary desire to be truthful in return.
If that was a symptom of his head injury, it shouldn't be acted on. If it wasn't, it should still less be acted on. (If it wasn't, she was even more dangerous.)
"Gabrael Willix. I liaised with the deepdock on Ord Mantell*." —which was indeed the last place he'd used this alias. So, if she checked, there'd be a data trail. It placed him as a fellow Imperial, or Imperial-adjunct; just not necessarily a close or thoroughly loyal/pious one. That yielded itself to any number of theories why he'd've been shot down now. "Sorry. I've just seen that name attached to a lot of shipments that came through."
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Date: 2019-07-07 06:36 am (UTC)If that was a symptom of his head injury, it shouldn't be acted on. If it wasn't, it should still less be acted on. (If it wasn't, she was even more dangerous.)
"Gabrael Willix. I liaised with the deepdock on Ord Mantell*." —which was indeed the last place he'd used this alias. So, if she checked, there'd be a data trail. It placed him as a fellow Imperial, or Imperial-adjunct; just not necessarily a close or thoroughly loyal/pious one. That yielded itself to any number of theories why he'd've been shot down now. "Sorry. I've just seen that name attached to a lot of shipments that came through."