They can go to hell, boss. [ Wedge takes a swig after Luke. Wiping the mouth of the bottle never crosses Wedge's mind.
If the Council expects Wedge to torch the common ground he and Luke built and stood on, then Wedge would gladly resign his commission. Obeying morally bankrupt policies was against everything he stood for.
His experiences are not a zero-sum game, a 'before' like some sort of expired milk carton. If a pilot isn't allowed to trust his instincts, then what the hell is he supposed to trust? What happened in their past reality (because Wedge hasn't voiced it, but it's clear he considers his Matrix no less real than their current reality) shaped them into the people they are today. No amount of machine bias will change that. ] For people committed to the survival of humanity, they sure don't like us being human.
[ Wedge isn't naive enough not to know that the war was a direct result of human hubris. And that, really, is the lesson of all this: humans will be humans. Friendship is human. Connections are human. Investing in the well-being of someone he considers a friend for life is utterly, irrevocably human.
If the Council didn't see this, weren't made to see this, then this rebellion is pointless.
For it goes against the core of what they're fighting for: humanity. ] If they don't expect rebellion out of career rebels, then this too is another reality we've been forced into. [ He purses his lips. ] Maybe the tibanna gas fumes finally got to us.
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If the Council expects Wedge to torch the common ground he and Luke built and stood on, then Wedge would gladly resign his commission. Obeying morally bankrupt policies was against everything he stood for.
His experiences are not a zero-sum game, a 'before' like some sort of expired milk carton. If a pilot isn't allowed to trust his instincts, then what the hell is he supposed to trust? What happened in their past reality (because Wedge hasn't voiced it, but it's clear he considers his Matrix no less real than their current reality) shaped them into the people they are today. No amount of machine bias will change that. ] For people committed to the survival of humanity, they sure don't like us being human.
[ Wedge isn't naive enough not to know that the war was a direct result of human hubris. And that, really, is the lesson of all this: humans will be humans. Friendship is human. Connections are human. Investing in the well-being of someone he considers a friend for life is utterly, irrevocably human.
If the Council didn't see this, weren't made to see this, then this rebellion is pointless.
For it goes against the core of what they're fighting for: humanity. ] If they don't expect rebellion out of career rebels, then this too is another reality we've been forced into. [ He purses his lips. ] Maybe the tibanna gas fumes finally got to us.