[A question isn't, strictly speaking, an order. But to refuse to answer a superior's question is a form of disobedience. He wouldn't refuse, then. Would never, but he hesitates anyway.
Kylo Ren has told him that he will be important. That his actions will have meaning and will help, more than the regular duties of a stormtrooper, of a pilot, them win their war. That he is instrumental in some way, for some unknown reason. But he had said it in private. In the dark, in the quiet, just for him. Whether this is common knowledge, he doesn't know. If it's not, does knowing put the plan at risk?
But how could it? General Hux was beyond reproach. He was loyal. He was a faithful son of the Empire.
So why didn't he know? Except it is no secret that there is some- friction between the two of them. Between Kylo Ren's position, untitled but powerful, and Hux's, with the title but no control over the Jedi Hunter. Their disagreements were the worst kept secret within the ranks, and even before Kylo had told him that Hux didn't own him TX-701 had heard the whisperings of it.
The headache doesn't fade, and the pressure, to answer, only increases.]
I have duties, sir. Beyond those assigned by Captain Phasma.
[Which is the most subtle way he can think to say something he isn't sure he can say at all. It's clear in his tone that it's only reluctantly spoken, words forced and short.]
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Kylo Ren has told him that he will be important. That his actions will have meaning and will help, more than the regular duties of a stormtrooper, of a pilot, them win their war. That he is instrumental in some way, for some unknown reason. But he had said it in private. In the dark, in the quiet, just for him. Whether this is common knowledge, he doesn't know. If it's not, does knowing put the plan at risk?
But how could it? General Hux was beyond reproach. He was loyal. He was a faithful son of the Empire.
So why didn't he know? Except it is no secret that there is some- friction between the two of them. Between Kylo Ren's position, untitled but powerful, and Hux's, with the title but no control over the Jedi Hunter. Their disagreements were the worst kept secret within the ranks, and even before Kylo had told him that Hux didn't own him TX-701 had heard the whisperings of it.
The headache doesn't fade, and the pressure, to answer, only increases.]
I have duties, sir. Beyond those assigned by Captain Phasma.
[Which is the most subtle way he can think to say something he isn't sure he can say at all. It's clear in his tone that it's only reluctantly spoken, words forced and short.]