#also thinkin' bout the fact that the two people who know boba best--mirta and beviin

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thinking 'bout that one scene in legacy of the force: sacrifice where boba is getting a bone marrow transplant to treat his fucked up clone DNA disease and he's in such bad shape that they're literally just injecting that shit straight into his collarbone and everyone else in the room is convinced he's fine. like yeah sure, he's deathly ill and getting stabbed straight through the bone with a large-bore needle, but he's boba fett, stone cold bastard and sarlacc survivor, of course he's not afraid of some little medical procedure, of course he can take the pain, look at him, he's barely reacting at all.

then mirta comes in, instinctively takes his hand, and, as the doctor lines up the next needle, feels him squeeze so hard she thinks he might break her fingers.

and it drives me crazy bc like, no one else knows! boba has spent decades building this reputation that he's beyond fear, beyond pain, and in this tiny moment we can see that it isn't true; that of course he's scared as the doctor prepares to stab him through the collarbone and of course it hurts—but mirta and the reader are the only people who realize this bc all anyone else in the room sees is boba fett, unflappable as ever, taking yet another hit without any obvious reaction on his face or in his voice. mirta's the only one who can feel him squeezing her hand for reassurance! he's spent so long convincing himself and everyone else that he's this unfeeling, unflinching machine and the final, tragic consequence is that they believe him!