[ Obi-Wan has no problem accepting that. Calm floods back in him. ]
But again, that is still not all times.
[ For a moment he's silent before speaking. ]
I knew a man who had his choices taken away. We were on opposing sides. He killed my master because he knew no other choice and I watched. So I cut him down out of fear and anger.
But he survived. He could have lived another life. He had a family he never knew of before. But he chose to hate me. He chose to kill women and children to punish me. And when I asked him to try a different path, he killed someone I loved dearly in front of me.
[ Even now, that pulse of sadness is not extinguished. But Obi-Wan is of the Light. His grief is strong, but it does not rule him. His anger may sting, but it does not incapacitate him. He struggles, but he struggles to rise. ]
I know enough about some times. I'm fallible as any of us are. Being a Jedi does not make me better or stronger. I have stumbled. But at least I know the difference.
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[ Obi-Wan has no problem accepting that. Calm floods back in him. ]
But again, that is still not all times.
[ For a moment he's silent before speaking. ]
I knew a man who had his choices taken away. We were on opposing sides. He killed my master because he knew no other choice and I watched. So I cut him down out of fear and anger.
But he survived. He could have lived another life. He had a family he never knew of before. But he chose to hate me. He chose to kill women and children to punish me. And when I asked him to try a different path, he killed someone I loved dearly in front of me.
[ Even now, that pulse of sadness is not extinguished. But Obi-Wan is of the Light. His grief is strong, but it does not rule him. His anger may sting, but it does not incapacitate him. He struggles, but he struggles to rise. ]
I know enough about some times. I'm fallible as any of us are. Being a Jedi does not make me better or stronger. I have stumbled. But at least I know the difference.