[ a snort, mildly derisive as he shrugs. ] You know how I feel about wars.

[ rebels good, war bad and bloody and people lose their lives senselessly. but ezra won't be satisfied with that answer, so he elaborates- ]

Even before the rise of the Empire, people still struggled and suffered under the Republic. The Empire is evil, but the Republic was... ambivalent. Apathetic even. Anytime there was a problem they threw Jedi and Clones at it until it was solved. And if it wasn't solved? Just blame the Jedi and the Clones.

[ he was young and never on the front lines. back then he wanted to be, couldn't wait, even wished the war would last longer until he got to be a jedi knight himself. caleb dume was eager to fight and fearless... until he saw what war and its outcomes looked like firsthand. ]