[ this isn't something leia's had much of in recent years: someone telling her that her feelings are valid, that she can take the time that she needs to sort through them. war and the positions she held didn't leave her with much opportunity for either. she had too much responsibility, too many lives that depended on her decisions to allow whatever complicated, tangled mess her personal feelings were to get in the way. there's so much that she's ignored, compartmentalized, and tucked away. so much that was left unaddressed. ]
I'm just— tired. [ so tired. she's exhausted, but mostly: ] Tired of being lied to, especially when someone thinks they're protecting me by not telling me the truth.