Every day, for as long as I can remember. Do you want me to quote the propaganda we memorized? Because it's still in my head. Everybody recites it. "Every clone will have his moment." "Our mission's only over once we're dead." "With the Jedi in command, the Force is on our side." "Good soldiers follow orders." [All the ones about Jedi are why he still has trouble believing Skywalker doesn't know. They were supposed to know everything. Even though he knows that's not true and he's known it for months, he still doesn't entirely believe it.]
Geonosis broke it for me. But that doesn't mean I was happy before then. Everybody's shit scared of failing to be a good little soldier, because if you test poorly the best you can hope for is working maintenance with the other defects. We swore an oath to defend the Republic with our lives, but we never, ever had a fucking choice. Say it, or you're gone.
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Geonosis broke it for me. But that doesn't mean I was happy before then. Everybody's shit scared of failing to be a good little soldier, because if you test poorly the best you can hope for is working maintenance with the other defects. We swore an oath to defend the Republic with our lives, but we never, ever had a fucking choice. Say it, or you're gone.