"Well. Over-invested sabotage wouldn't implicate him." Which was all Jedao actually meant by it, at the moment. "It's easy to be blind when that's the only way to survive," Jedao adds, for all that most of Fives' pain is unspoken. It's no absolution for Anakin, not in Jedao's mind, but it is a species of understanding.
"The Kaminoans changed your development one way, there's no biological reason it couldn't be changed back. Especially since it was a primary goal - they wanted cadets grown up fast for deployment, not a trade-off they accepted to fix your high metabolism, or something that might involve a major sacrifice to shift around. Obviously it's harder to implement major changes in vivo, but...with the right expertise, maybe." Jedao knows just enough bioengineering to talk about it intelligently, although not enough to do a damn thing more complicated than plasmid editing.
That he understands perfectly, and he just losers his head with a quiet sigh. He and his brothers have spent most of their lives willfully blind, because there was no other way for them to live.
"Do you think we can actually get him enough information on the process to be useful? The security on Kamino is... extensive." And backed up by a resident clone army.
"I've only gotten a few batch updates - the timing is understandably finicky - but I've been impressed with her work so far. I'll have Iris offer her the assignment and she can assess for herself whether it's feasible with her current cover. She's posing as a representative for a serious buyer, so she's at least well-embedded. But the extraction has to take priority."
"Yes," he agrees immediately. "That can't be compromised. There's... no point living a full life if they do it as slaves, or die as children regardless because they're still just munitions."
Fives tips his head down into the contact with a sigh, both gloved hands coming to rest lightly at Jedao's hips. "It might not amount to anything," he murmurs, eyes slipping shut. "But it's something, that he wants to try." He will never expect people to want to help him and his brothers, and he will never take it for granted when they do.
Fives hums contentedly and smooths his hands along Jedao's sides. "I'm not sure that's ever going to stop being a shock either," he admits, warm and pleased. "The absolute best kind of shock."
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"The Kaminoans changed your development one way, there's no biological reason it couldn't be changed back. Especially since it was a primary goal - they wanted cadets grown up fast for deployment, not a trade-off they accepted to fix your high metabolism, or something that might involve a major sacrifice to shift around. Obviously it's harder to implement major changes in vivo, but...with the right expertise, maybe." Jedao knows just enough bioengineering to talk about it intelligently, although not enough to do a damn thing more complicated than plasmid editing.
"He's good," Jedao agrees, softly.
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"Do you think we can actually get him enough information on the process to be useful? The security on Kamino is... extensive." And backed up by a resident clone army.
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Camaraderie and exasperation together.
"It throws off all my plots trying to gradually manipulate people into it."
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