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Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi and You
Broadcast: Video
Action: Hospitality Deck - Marsiva
When: January 2nd

[ Obi-Wan is no stranger to waking up to unknown locations, but this seemed odd . . . even for him. He gropes for his lightsaber . . . which is gone, obviously. He huffs, before straightening himself and brushing his hair back. Communications . . . communications . . . ah, there it is.

A video feed. Somewhat archaic, but it'll do. He doubts anyone from the Republic will be nearby, but perhaps the locals will offer some aid. Obi-Wan clears his throat before speaking. It's time for his other skill set to come in use. ]

Greetings. My name is General Kenobi. To whom do I have the pleasure of addressing? And I don't suppose there is someone willing to answer my questions? Because I have a great deal many of them.

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Why is the war being fought?

[ That's a trickier question to answer. He knows why, but it has layers of history and politics involved. ]

Ideological differences, to . . . some degree. Though, we suspect, it has to do with an opposing order named the Sith.

"Evil Sith lords?"

[ recalling an earlier conversation ]

That's . . . one way of putting it.

[ He can tell who came up with that turn of phrase. ]

The Sith are the Jedi's opposite. They support violence, war, death. They thrive on it.

They would put it that way?

They would leave behind a galaxy of fear and anger. And it would only make them stronger.

Some people just want control.

Among other things, yes. But they take control. Your fears, doubts . . . your very emotions become tools for the Sith to use against you.

That is the real danger.

So you try to not have any emotions?

That's not it. The Jedi have mastery over their emotions. To deny them is what invites destruction.

Yeah?

Pretending anger doesn't exist would be counter productive. Inviting anger in and letting it rule your decisions would also prove to be fruitless.

The Jedi . . . at least to me, have the middle ground.

[ Even Obi-Wan Kenobi has had moments of great rage, anger, fear . . . loss. But they pass him by, as all things do. ]

[ shrugs. she's unconvinced and will probably talk to ahsoka about it later ]

Seems like sometimes that's not enough. The middle ground.

I can only speak for myself. As you can only speak from your experiences. Comparing the two will hardly yield a satisfactory answer.

Yeah, guess so.

Does that help?

[ Or is there more quiet contrary questioning involved? ]

Sure. Not sure I was trying to help anything, but you could be doing other things I guess so thanks for answering.

No, it seemed like you were looking for answers. Or some kind of understanding of my character.

Isn't that the sort of thing you try to learn about people you don't know?

Yes, but usually through some innocuous, not one's belief's system. I could be wrong, though.

Sorry. I just don't understand it.

I don't blame you. It's not easy to understand, especially from the outside.

I'm from a place where all the efforts toward a "peace" have just made everything worse.

From your tone, however, you seem to realize that was not a real peace. Perhaps an engineered one from your rulers?

Yeah, I guess so.

How do you tell real peace from fake peace?