It is not that Padmé sought recognition. It isn't why she had done what she had done. That had never been a driving force for her. She had taken the responsibilities of her job to heart. For her people and for the people of the galaxy.
She can't say that it doesn't sting, that it had to come to war, a war that she doubts anyone would truly win. It is the innocents that pay the heaviest prices during those times..
Yet there is something also moving about his words as her eyes close for a moment, before re-opening.]
It is a failure of the system that it is the only option that one can resort to.
[She can say that overall, it is a relative peace that they had known. It hasn't been perfect by any means. Even Naboo had not been untouched, but they had driven off the threat. Padmé would have hoped that races would ban together, to see what little benefit would come from it.]
I find that it is sometimes harder to stop something than it is to start it. I am sorry that we were unable to do more for future generations. I had not wished to see war again, as naive a sentiment as that may appear.
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It is not that Padmé sought recognition. It isn't why she had done what she had done. That had never been a driving force for her. She had taken the responsibilities of her job to heart. For her people and for the people of the galaxy.
She can't say that it doesn't sting, that it had to come to war, a war that she doubts anyone would truly win. It is the innocents that pay the heaviest prices during those times..
Yet there is something also moving about his words as her eyes close for a moment, before re-opening.]
It is a failure of the system that it is the only option that one can resort to.
[She can say that overall, it is a relative peace that they had known. It hasn't been perfect by any means. Even Naboo had not been untouched, but they had driven off the threat. Padmé would have hoped that races would ban together, to see what little benefit would come from it.]
I find that it is sometimes harder to stop something than it is to start it. I am sorry that we were unable to do more for future generations. I had not wished to see war again, as naive a sentiment as that may appear.