There's a fast moment of perfect, terrifying blankness on Jedao's face, and then he shifts, leans forward a little in his chair.
"There is nothing you - nothing anyone, anywhere could bribe or threaten me with that would make me choose to go back there. I did -"
He chokes, swallows, closes his eyes and breathes in, once, slow. When he speaks again it's steady, forcefully calm, not quite emotionless. "I did everything I was capable of, and I got a lot of good people killed for nothing and it wasn't enough so no, I am not going to do that."
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"There is nothing you - nothing anyone, anywhere could bribe or threaten me with that would make me choose to go back there. I did -"
He chokes, swallows, closes his eyes and breathes in, once, slow. When he speaks again it's steady, forcefully calm, not quite emotionless. "I did everything I was capable of, and I got a lot of good people killed for nothing and it wasn't enough so no, I am not going to do that."