FDR Campfire, Saturday Morning

[bitchprince]

Arthur's dreams last night had been full of strange images of old, powerful wolves and golden lion cubs that he chose not to consider further. It was Morgana who got the nightmares, not him; he'd always slept fitfully and where needed.

Still, they had instilled a sudden restlessness in him, and rather than turn to the salle as he generally would, Arthur's travels brought him no further than the campfire that morning. He had no meat left of his last hunt, nor any furry fish to roast, so instead he sat down by the edge of the pit.

He did have some dried meat, and a few more dates he'd nicked off Leto earlier (well, not nicked. Commandeered. Requested, maybe, with implicit permission). They'd do for breakfast until Merlin showed up to get him enough for a proper one.

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[solo_sword]

She nodded. "On Alderaan. Her planet was destroyed years ago, but she still holds the title," she explained.

[bitchprince]

Oh.

Well, the only explanation that bubbled up in Arthur's mind for that was, "Atom bombs?" followed by, "I'm sorry."

[solo_sword]

"Death Star," she corrected. "It was long before I was born. I only hear the stories." And it was easier to be more detached from it when what was going on now seemed worse in ways.

[bitchprince]

Arthur looked like he was having some physical trouble keeping his face from going holy mother of god that is just wrong.

"Still, that's..." Insane and horrible? "An incredible tragedy."

Sure, he came from a wartorn past, but the excesses of now continued to astound him.

[solo_sword]

"My galaxy's really good at those," she said seriously.

[bitchprince]

"So it happens often, then."

Yeah, Arthur didn't have anything beyond 'I'm sorry' and a few crazy delusions about taking over places and setting things right that he wasn't going to deal with until he was a little older.

[solo_sword]

"Back in the day, the Empire used to have a superweapon for everything. That's what the Death Star was. That eventually stopped, but when we got a new enemy the mass destruction began happening even worse, and in different ways," Jaina told him.

[bitchprince]

"So the wars keep raging on," he said.

...It was, when he thought about it, a lot like home, except back home you didn't blow up other people's kingdoms. "But even an enemy would realise that destroying an entire planet is... something of a waste of resources." Beat. "Right?"

[solo_sword]

"These ones do. They change them over now," Jaina told him. "They enslave the people, and they change the gravity, the climate, the plantlife, all so it fits their needs. They just change the resources."