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Just how many here have military experience? After the shambolic events prior, I do wonder if it's merely lack of experience than anything else.

The fact a lot are treating this as a "one-off" is going to be a problem. Do you really believe that everyone will just move past this as if it never happened? It should remind you of what you are; prisoners.

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The people here or the Null that attacked? [ It doesn't matter in the end, Hux doesn't care to know the answer.]

No-one should truly be accepting their stay here.

Both. [ he has Opinions. The fiasco of a network about Delight's fate has been a good barometer for the kind of people that have made this city their home. ]

Already planning to mount a rebellion?

[ Ren isn't wrong there, but Hux isn't going to say that he's just going to move swiftly on to the next subject.]

A rebellion in a place like this would be problematic. Especially with so called "Gods" around, hm?

[ He'll probably look into it anyway.]

There are no Gods. [ matter-of-fact.

His willingness to tolerate metaphysical bs begins and ends with the Force, evidently. Nobody is surprised. ]

Just those of greater and lesser degrees of power. Desperation and religious fervor are often found hand-in-hand.

Speaking from experience, Ren?

[ What, no, that's not a dig at anything Force related at all.]

If anything we'd need to understand the intricacies of the doorway they seem to be pulling people through.

If I am a fanatic it is at least in service of something real. [ unspoken: prod at this at your own peril, Armitage Hux. There's no Snoke to rein him in here. ]

The door that by all accounts they have no idea how to use. [ again, that mild tone. He doesn't buy it for a minute, of course; it's obvious that they've been brought to Hadriel for a reason and since nobody has been particularly forthcoming as to what and how long they are required he can only assume that it's something that requires them there indefinitely. Frustrating but unsurprising. ]

[ No comment. Hux is an asshole but he's not stupid enough to kick this hornet's nest right now.]

If they didn't use it then someone else did and most doors do tend to go both ways, even those of prison cells.

[ Seriously.]

It seems like a lot of things here aren't as they seem.

[ Like people's responses. It's enough to have Hux squinting at the network and wondering just what is going on here. He can't put his finger on it yet, but it's just a tad unnerving.]

Then we're in agreement. [ the smile is audible. They will have to work out a means to communicate that doesn't rely so heavily on the network in the future; networks can be hacked, after all. ]

I see you've roused the ire of our neighbors.

Indeed, apparently just speaking up on things is enough to disturb them.

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The "Empire" seems to be coming up in discussion more often than not, and it isn't me that's starting it. It's a concern.

If they didn't want to be reminded of their circumstances perhaps they should send us back through the door.

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In what sense?

At least two have mentioned that they don't work for the Empire nor do they wish to, yet no-one who should know of it has spoken those words. The people here know more than they are letting on.

[ Is it paranoia if it's true?]

Curious that they conflate your post with anything to do with the Empire.

[ Worrying as well, naturally; clearly he is going to be reviewing this shambolic network to see what insights can be gleaned. ]

Few, if any, of them would have survived under Imperial rule.

Exactly. Though no mention of the First Order, which makes it more the curious.

[ Hux hates things being curious so dammed much, this place is going to be a hoot.]

According to one, I made a deal with the Null responsible for the last battle. It would be prudent to find out how, when and what the offer was.

A deal? [ dark brows lift.

A deal for his own survival, he assumes, but wisely doesn't say. Of course, there is still the small matter of Hux having been here once before. ]

Do you remember it? Being here, before.

[ Neither of them have to say it out loud; if Hux is making deals then the reasoning behind it had to be solid if not sound.]

I have never seen or heard of this place before. I know nothing of it, so if I have been here before then there are issues.

Interesting. [ a contemplative hum, Ren circling his way to a similar conclusion. If nothing else, ferreting out the information should prove an entertaining diversion. ]

Though I'd have thought you'd have been more discreet, if that were the case.

[ Hux can't lie, it's a worry. If he has been here before and doesn't remember it, then what has he been saying? It's not like he can just ask other people that, they can't be trusted to give the truth.

And well, it's best to say nothing on that side of things. Ren can probably tell in the way Hux tightens his gloves anyway.]

If I have been here before, there is nothing to say you haven't.

I would know. [ Firm, certain; it's all pure arrogance, of course, and if Hux think he has taken the news of this poorly he really needs to be sure to have a front row seat of the day Ren finds the video of him on a moped. ]

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Would you, Ren?

[ You bet Hux is going to be looking this up now. The network is apparently dark and full of terrors in this place.]

I would advise you to look before making such definitive statements.

I would be more concerned than amused, General; if someone can breach my defenses and make me forget, what might they have done to you?

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If they have breached your defences, then there is a much bigger problem than just what they have done. It would raise the question of what or whom we are truly dealing with.

[ The more he thinks on it, the less he likes ...well, any of it. Even what small fascination there is to be found in their situation, the vaguest of chances of discovering something new and beneficial, is mitigated by the fact that they are still stranded on this dustball of a planet for the forseeable future.

At the mercy of capricious Gods. ]

What would you suggest?

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