[ Rex has heard that insistence before - but it doesn't add up, not with 622's lived experiences. He leaves it alone. There aren't answers to be had there. Certainly not from anyone who hadn't been involved in every arm of the Empire personally; it wouldn't be unusual for them to reserve their clone troopers for very specific roles, keeping them hidden underneath their armour so nobody knows, for whatever reason that may be.
He can't trust 622 as an objective source. But he can't trust Kanan as an objective source either. None of them are. It's why things are as clouded as they are. At some point, everything in the galaxy made so little sense that every person is given only a nugget of information to call their own. And now, after learning that everything in his life had been a blatant lie, he's not willing to trust anything. It doesn't come down to who he trusts as a person; it simply comes down to an unreliable, senseless galaxy. ]
I can think of plenty of reasons. And I could ask the others, at some point - but if it's all the same to you, I'd rather hear it from you for now. [ There's still a distance between him and Kenobi. And an even vaster one between him and his old General, as much as he hates that fact. They've kept their distance. He thinks that perhaps that's what Skywalker wants. ]
At any rate, that wasn't quite what I meant. I meant... who else escaped? It couldn't have just been the three of us. [ Kenobi would know the answer to his next question. But he desperately doesn't want to hear it from him, for fear of what the answer would be. At least if Kanan doesn't know him, all his dearest brother and best friend will be to Kanan is a name. ] Did I ever mention a Cody?
[ Could he have left without him? Would he have? ]
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He can't trust 622 as an objective source. But he can't trust Kanan as an objective source either. None of them are. It's why things are as clouded as they are. At some point, everything in the galaxy made so little sense that every person is given only a nugget of information to call their own. And now, after learning that everything in his life had been a blatant lie, he's not willing to trust anything. It doesn't come down to who he trusts as a person; it simply comes down to an unreliable, senseless galaxy. ]
I can think of plenty of reasons. And I could ask the others, at some point - but if it's all the same to you, I'd rather hear it from you for now. [ There's still a distance between him and Kenobi. And an even vaster one between him and his old General, as much as he hates that fact. They've kept their distance. He thinks that perhaps that's what Skywalker wants. ]
At any rate, that wasn't quite what I meant. I meant... who else escaped? It couldn't have just been the three of us. [ Kenobi would know the answer to his next question. But he desperately doesn't want to hear it from him, for fear of what the answer would be. At least if Kanan doesn't know him, all his dearest brother and best friend will be to Kanan is a name. ] Did I ever mention a Cody?
[ Could he have left without him? Would he have? ]