Anger rises in his chest. “But isn’t th-there something y-you can *do*?” He’s getting red in the face. “What’s the p-point of having the F-Force and not being a-able to helo Addie?!”
He looked at the girl “you know there where times when I just wanted to use the force to make her forget her memories because of what your brother did to her? ”
Oh. He’d been so caught up thinking of himself that he hadn’t considered if this was *good* for Adeline. Techie brightened up someehat despite the pain his heart and gave Ren a lopsided smile. “You’re r-right,” he sighed, close to tears, “This can give her a ch-chance at having a n-normal, nice childhood.”
He began to consider maybe taking some leave days to vacation with her, give her good memories to replace the old ones. But it *hurt*, damn it! To so quickly lose his relationship with his daughter and be helpless to get it back.
“If I apply f-for leave with Addie, w-will you convince Hux to let us g-go?”
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