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[precedented]

Who: Leto + You
Broadcast: Video
Action: N/A
When:

[ The video flickers on to Leto sitting on his bed, kicking his legs briefly. He grins when the video starts recording, pushing himself onto his feet. He tilts his head, that odd bird-like movement he often exhibits. ]

I have heard some interesting things of late, so I thought I'd put the question to you all. When you fall in love, can you only love one person? Can you fall in love with multiple people? Is love something you find yourself stopping after just one?

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[precedented]

. . . No. I suppose it isn't.

[ He's not allowed to want things anymore. ]

Re: PRIVATE

[sandhate]

Can I ask you a personal question?

Re: PRIVATE

[precedented]

[ A little wry. ]

You may.

Re: PRIVATE

[sandhate]

[ it comes quietly, but certain. ]

Did you resent your father for abandoning you and your sister?

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[precedented]

[ Ah. He thought that might come. ]

Yes. And no. I loved my father. I wanted to know him, I wanted him to shelter me. Dreams of a child who thought when his father came home, my family would be what it once was.

[ No more suspicion, no looming assassinations. No creeping insanity in Alia's eyes. ]

My father left many things unfinished. He was trapped by grief, by his actions, by his role as a Messiah.

[ He exhales quietly. He remembers when his father died in his arms, how afraid Leto had been of touching him. The wormskin had made its deadly crawl over Leto and his father had feared for him. Feared for the Golden Path that would take Leto away. ]

I loved my father so much that I took on something terrible for him. So that his mistakes would not be his legacy. And -- perhaps he loved me, a little. He called me his son.

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[sandhate]

[ He wonders if this is what Luke felt. His son. His legacy. A sense of guilt creeps in; he should have tried harder to get to know Luke when he was here, Leia too. He should have told them he loved them, regardless of Leia's anger and Luke's expectations.

No, it's too soon. He can't think about Luke and Leia now.

Anakin promptly crush that line of thought. ]

I don't think any father could call you their son without love. [ And isn't that enough? He doesn't know, he can't. ] I never had a father but I know it must be difficult. Thank you for telling me.

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[precedented]

[ Talking about it should make it easier. Cathartic. Leto had already confessed such feelings to his father already.

But it doesn't help. Not really. ]

You're welcome.