"You have reached Count Dooku. I regret that I am unavailable to answer your hail. Kindly leave a message, and I shall respond at the earliest opportunity."
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[Dooku frowns at his comm as he sips his tea. This is becoming concerning.]
I believe he would. He was a General over an army of clone troopers which fought against my forces for years. And he has a strong appetite for further power. He is not overly fond of me, either.
A group of imPorts I'm involved with were looking for information on OTO and DARPA. One employee from DARPA mentioned the name Anakin Skywalker by name, which isn't particularly popular and there is an imPort by that same name.
If anything, he is more unstable here than I ever knew him to be during the war. He was boasting of dismembering common criminals not long ago, publicly on the Network.
If he has joined with the OTO, he will be a serious threat.
As always, justice in the Porter cities is a poor joke.
I have been observing him, yes. His behaviour has certainly been concerning. Yet I would not expect the OTO to have made an alliance with him. They seem to be an organization that prizes their secrecy very highly. And if there is one thing Anakin Skywalker is incapable of in any universe, it is subtlety.
The government doesn't care in the least. They have access to our network and yet I've never seen their reaction to posts about imPorts claiming to murder natives.
What do you think it'd happen if I approached him?
I am convinced that it is in their interest for such crimes to continue. They can use imPort violence as an excuse to maintain control of us using the nanites and other methods.
Approaching him could be dangerous. He is volatile, and his power is great. He could even be a match for you, Kaneki.
[And Dooku has a fairly good idea of how strong Kaneki is. Vader may well be stronger.]
Maybe. But we have done a lot of extremely violent things - Lucifer tried to open a portal to hell once, we have the fear Gas by Crane; this in itself would be plenty of justification.
I understand that, but our research on him has gone no where. We have been hacking him, we found silly things about it, but nothing out of the ordinary. Approaching him is a bit of our last resource at this point.
He has powers similar to my own, even without the weapon. He can move matter with his mind. 'Darth Vader' is a title he has earned. A sign of how very strong he has become.
It is not like any power you have encountered before. To be strong in the Force is to be able to bend matter to your will. Skywalker could throw you into the air with a wave of his hand.
[There's hesitation before the response is sent because guess what Dooku's single biggest weakness as a Force user is? It's the fact that he's a man in his 80s who is getting much too old for this.]
It is possible. Like most other forms of activity, using the Force can be exhausting after too long a time.
[ the amazing thing that ghouls have: they don't get too old for this. Their human-like body may look frail, but christ almighty, their ghoul power grows with years. So this is actually something Kaneki is not familiar with ]
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I believe he would. He was a General over an army of clone troopers which fought against my forces for years. And he has a strong appetite for further power. He is not overly fond of me, either.
What exactly have you discovered?
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A group of imPorts I'm involved with were looking for information on OTO and DARPA. One employee from DARPA mentioned the name Anakin Skywalker by name, which isn't particularly popular and there is an imPort by that same name.
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If he has joined with the OTO, he will be a serious threat.
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Have you been keeping an eye on him, Count? have you noticed anything more suspicious than the ordinary?
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I have been observing him, yes. His behaviour has certainly been concerning. Yet I would not expect the OTO to have made an alliance with him. They seem to be an organization that prizes their secrecy very highly. And if there is one thing Anakin Skywalker is incapable of in any universe, it is subtlety.
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What do you think it'd happen if I approached him?
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Approaching him could be dangerous. He is volatile, and his power is great. He could even be a match for you, Kaneki.
[And Dooku has a fairly good idea of how strong Kaneki is. Vader may well be stronger.]
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Maybe. But we have done a lot of extremely violent things - Lucifer tried to open a portal to hell once, we have the fear Gas by Crane; this in itself would be plenty of justification.
I understand that, but our research on him has gone no where. We have been hacking him, we found silly things about it, but nothing out of the ordinary. Approaching him is a bit of our last resource at this point.
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If you have no option but to confront him, then I will wish you the best of luck. He carries a lightsaber: an energy sword.
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What kind of silly things did you find, precisely?
[Please let it be something embarrassing to Skywalker.]
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Energy sword? Does it cut through anything? [ would he cut through his kagune? kaneki just doesn't know
and sorry, Dooku. Nothing too embarrassing. ]
Well, he appears to be a daredevil. Also loves droids, and appears to be quite a good haggler, really.
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Those are things I already knew. His true secrets must be buried deeper.
[Because of course Dooku assumes he has them.]
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What about the name Darth Vader?
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What do you know of the Force?
[They have been busy.]
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I see. Thank you for this information.
Would someone get tired and be unable to use it? Like losing their stamina.
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It is possible. Like most other forms of activity, using the Force can be exhausting after too long a time.
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That gives me a bit of a chance, then.
Thank you, Count.