Vibe Check

Vibe check

I just think he’s neat

Then you will die.

DID YOU REALIZE THAT GREGOR SAID "NEWBIE" TO THIS INSUBORDINATE PLEBE, NOT "SHINY". OMG. BECAUSE HE IS NOT A CLONE. THEY DON'T SAY "SHINY" TO THESE REPLACEMENTS.

EVEN SAYING SHINY IS A KIND OF AFFECTION TO CLONES. SO GREGOR DOESN'T SAY IT TO THESE NEWBIES. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BROTHERS. NOT HIS BROTHERS. MY HEART CAN'T HANDLE THIS.

“I hurried my steps, and soon I was in the square where Mal and I met every evening. I spotted him leaning against the lip of a fountain, talking with his Zemeni friend he’d met working at the warehouse. I couldn’t remember his name…Jep, maybe? Jef?”

— Siege and Storm (2013) by Leigh Bardugo Chapter 1

My conspiratorial ass:

din isn’t stupid he’s just too busy remembering all the things in his ship that grogu can choke on to give a shit about the person he’s talking to