Ezra's eyes flicker in the direction of the stormtroopers, indecision warring briefly on his face. You don't go places with strangers. Not unless you have a way to escape if things go bad, and he doesn't have that right now. The stormtroopers would probably stop this guy if he called them.
But...
But what would be the cost? What would the stormtroopers do with him? They follow regulations. They'd want to know where his parents are. Who his parents are. If they found that out, would Ezra vanish, too? If he doesn't tell them who his parents are, then what? Ezra's never seen a case of someone from the Empire being kind to someone who's homeless, and the one time he saw them take a kid, he never saw the kid again. He doesn't know what they do with orphans. His gut says it's nothing good, though.
But is it any better if he lets this guy take him to wherever it is that he's going? He doesn't know anything about him, except that he's promising food, and Ezra would be lying if he said that wasn't really, really persuasive, he's so hungry, but what happens after? What does dealing with him mean?
They're not yet out of yelling range of the stormtroopers when Ezra squirms again. "Put me down," he says. "I can walk." A test. A test to see if this guy will give him any freedom, any chance to make this decision himself. Something in him is tugging, a feeling he can't name, a hum that's tipping the balance just slightly in this guy's favor. It's a feeling Ezra's felt before, and one that usually keeps him out of trouble when he listens.
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Date: 2018-06-30 03:03 pm (UTC)From:But...
But what would be the cost? What would the stormtroopers do with him? They follow regulations. They'd want to know where his parents are. Who his parents are. If they found that out, would Ezra vanish, too? If he doesn't tell them who his parents are, then what? Ezra's never seen a case of someone from the Empire being kind to someone who's homeless, and the one time he saw them take a kid, he never saw the kid again. He doesn't know what they do with orphans. His gut says it's nothing good, though.
But is it any better if he lets this guy take him to wherever it is that he's going? He doesn't know anything about him, except that he's promising food, and Ezra would be lying if he said that wasn't really, really persuasive, he's so hungry, but what happens after? What does dealing with him mean?
They're not yet out of yelling range of the stormtroopers when Ezra squirms again. "Put me down," he says. "I can walk." A test. A test to see if this guy will give him any freedom, any chance to make this decision himself. Something in him is tugging, a feeling he can't name, a hum that's tipping the balance just slightly in this guy's favor. It's a feeling Ezra's felt before, and one that usually keeps him out of trouble when he listens.