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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-25 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It takes a few tries, as he looks for Steve the usual way. Meaning: not prodding into his mind. Eventually, he passes by his room, knuckles rapping against the frame. It's still too weird that there aren't any doors. Aren't they exposed enough with all of their mental barriers down? ]

Do you have a minute?
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-25 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Briefly, he eyes the boots being laced up. The troopers don't wear laces anymore, too in the way. But it's reminiscent anyway. ]

I thought it would be prudent for you to have some information about Kylo Ren. [ They're broodmates, after all. And while Hux isn't close in that sense, he's worked with him long enough to have forged a similar bridge. ]

That situation on Avera shouldn't be allowed to repeat.
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-26 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They aren't so close, but Hux can tell there's hesitance in his answer. In a way, to be expected– he could be here to tell Steve anything.

But, he'll stick to facts, because there's not a use for anything else. ]


How to handle him better. You're in his brood, so you'll be most exposed to his less than stellar control. [ Understatement of the year. ] It might help to know where he's coming from, though there's no guarantee he'll be any more understandable.

[ He's known him for a while and he's still puzzled. Frustrated, mostly. ]
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-27 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
We've worked together for a while. In lieu of him having a military rank, he's something like a secondary command.

[ And quite frankly, when his head was in the game, he wasn't bad at it. The gamble was just whether he was in a good mood or a sour one. Usually it was the latter. Still, they got things done. ]
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-28 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
He won't.

[ Hux had learned very quickly that trying to pull his rank over Kylo Ren meant absolutely nothing. It was infuriating to say the very least, but he supposes he's learned to work a little more creatively since Ren had been assigned to the Finalizer. ]

His loyalties originally lay with a powerful source where we're from. Coming here, he's found someone to replace that source, in their absence. [ From Leader Snoke to Cathaway. The idea behind both is the same, he thinks. Power. Validation. ]

It's why I brought up Cathaway. He's pledged his allegiance to her, for better or worse. If there's one thing that remains true, it's that he's not looking to disappoint whomever he's loyal to.

[ Even though he shifted from the First Order to this without so much as blinking. It still makes his skin crawl, just thinking of how fast it happened. ] He'll act under the impression that his decisions are a benefit and genuinely helping the cause. Occasionally, he misses the mark.

[ More than occasionally, but he's trying to be as nice as possible. Or rather, factual. This is what he's observed in the near year of working close quarters with him. ]
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-28 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vaguely, he can feel Steve's discomfort. It's easier to see in his posture, his expression. Hux can't offer anything to help alleviate it, considering the subject. He's had a hard enough time trying to get the Force-user to control himself and hasn't made much progress.

Certainly, things are a little easier now that he knows where to hit, but he really wish he had better tools at his disposal to head off the chaos before it started. ]


Of course. If all else fails– [ Well, he's willing to step between whomever Ren is trying to shred. So long as it's a nest member who is unprepared to deal with him. At the very least, he has a wary truce in place with Ren so they hopefully will both never push as hard as they did on Avera. ]

We've spoken. [ His expression goes a bit flinty, only relaxing as he pulls himself mentally away from his conversation with her. ] Did she seek you out as well?
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-28 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cathaway is a different sort of distant. More purposeful with how she keeps herself from them. Prince, of course, keeps his walls up. But his process is something Hux feels like is more habit than anything else.

No, he's fairly sure his conversation with Cathaway involved her distancing as a way to show him the dynamics of the nest. To try and twist his arm. ]


She wanted assistance, when I spoke to her. [ Or cooperation, more than he was willing to give right now. ] Her mind is everywhere until it isn't. I don't believe she's very forgiving to those who want to put up walls.
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[personal profile] exhuxperation 2016-04-30 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
She may or may not. I doubt she's going to reveal her hand so soon. [ Because she likes to play games. Or maybe that's just been his experience. ]

Neither am I. We're not meant to know these things so closely. [ About each other. Everyone deserved peace of mind with their secrets. ]

Of course. [ And with that, he'll leave Steve be. ]