Don't thank me. [ breathing through his nose, anakin adopts a smooth, long stride. ] It's what we do.
[ this, more than anything, he believes.
the jedi way is to help. to protect. the war has twisted it all. made them soldiers when they are meant to keep the peace. tied their hands with light-years of bureaucratic red tape so that people suffer while the jedi are made to sit idly by. it's wrong, all of it. peace has been a far-off dream. order is an illusion. sometimes anakin cannot remember a time before the war. he can no longer remember himself before it.
his faith in the jedi has been shaken. ( with one request, it will break entirely. ) but his faith in what they should be remains. the thrill of piloting a starship into a hail of blasterfire is unmatched, but anakin finds he's happiest elbows deep in wires and servos. more at peace, fixing what needs fixing than destroying that which begs to be destroyed. the skill he has for technology, he will one day transfer to people. he'll be able to protect them too. from anything. there will be no fear of war. not of illness. not even death.
it's what a good jedi should. it's what a great jedi will. ]
no subject
[ this, more than anything, he believes.
the jedi way is to help. to protect. the war has twisted it all. made them soldiers when they are meant to keep the peace. tied their hands with light-years of bureaucratic red tape so that people suffer while the jedi are made to sit idly by. it's wrong, all of it. peace has been a far-off dream. order is an illusion. sometimes anakin cannot remember a time before the war. he can no longer remember himself before it.
his faith in the jedi has been shaken. ( with one request, it will break entirely. ) but his faith in what they should be remains. the thrill of piloting a starship into a hail of blasterfire is unmatched, but anakin finds he's happiest elbows deep in wires and servos. more at peace, fixing what needs fixing than destroying that which begs to be destroyed. the skill he has for technology, he will one day transfer to people. he'll be able to protect them too. from anything. there will be no fear of war. not of illness. not even death.
it's what a good jedi should. it's what a great jedi will. ]