It's easy to forget.
It's easy to forget that his life had been anything more than this, than just a simple hacker working for the military, than a gifted boy rising through the social hierarchy through technological inventions. Just another cog in this great galactic war who's biggest secret is the forbidden romance between him and the Jedi Ahsoka Tano.
It's easy to forget that the discreet neck brace he wears every night isn't actually to prevent pain from a childhood spinal injury, like he has told any who asked, instead of recalibrating his complex bionic infrastructure with his nervous system.
It's easy to forget all the lies he has had to tell about how he's actually survived and accomplished various missions, that barely half of what comes out of his mouth is the unadulterated truth.
It's easy to forget that Ahsoka Tano has fallen in love with the young man from Coruscant who happened to be a prodigy and become a hero. She doesn't know the Chase Davenport who came from another galaxy fleeing the demons of his mind and his past. The one most people would consider to be a technology rather than a person, even though he's still human. The one who tried so hard to be the loyal hero everyone wanted, to make his family proud, but in the end, it all fell apart.
It's easy to forget when the truth finally wrestles free, just how quickly his new life will shatter.
