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[sandhate]

Who: Anakin Skywalker
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Paisley
When: Right meow

There are a lot of questions and interests about other worlds lately. I have one question that I'm interested in right now. [ Alright, Ankain you can do this. Forget about that scolding Obi-Wan voice in your head telling you that the future is always changing. ] Does your universe-- do you believe in fate?

[ Oh, great. It sounds like a load of bantha dung when he actually hears it out loud. Awkwardly: ]

Destiny.

[ That doesn't help, which is fine. It's fine. It goes against the Jedi teachings and feels wrong just saying it. Nevermind that things are different with each universe, so it can't be really applicable, right?

Whatever, roll with it.

He adds, without pause, a completely unnecessary definition. ]

That certain things needs to happen in the future.

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[sandhate]

If you're not aware of it or had no power to do anything about it, how could it be prevented?

I don't know. It's not something that I always think about. [ or like thinking about ] I do think that we have choices, but when certain events play out the way they do, it makes me wonder if somethings are already too late to be changed. If that's what destiny is.

[bryces_pup]

By others. Someone somewhere along the way made a choice that led those events to happen. It's always a choice; you're just not always the one who makes it. Sometimes you're just the one left with the consequences. What matters is how you handle those consequences.

[sandhate]

[ A faint smile. ]

Those are wise words, Riona. Thank you.

[bryces_pup]

Doesn't always make it easier. Sometimes it's all the more frustrating. But, at the end of the day, I believe we have the truest agency over our actions. Even if our options can be limited, thanks to others.

[A beat.]

May I ask what spurred this question?

[sandhate]

It's ... [ His jaw sets ] a long story. Are you sure you want to hear it?

[bryces_pup]

Yes, if you do not mind.

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[sandhate]

[ He refuses to make any whining noises and heaves a sigh instead. ]

I'll condense it for you. First time I met a Jedi, he told me I was the Chosen One. I'm suppose to bring "balance to the Force". That's my destiny. I was nine, and now I'm 22. And there is no balance in me, nevermind the Force. The galaxy's at war, we're not losing but we're not winning either, and I think I might have caused the destruction of a whole realm. I don't know what to do.

[ A shrug ]

That's the short of it.

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[bryces_pup]

[....damn son.]

That is... a heavy burden to place on anyone, let alone a child of nine. What makes them believe you're this Chosen One?

[Gonna start with that and ... work their way through the rest of that. Because that is a lot to comb through.]

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[sandhate]

I'm strong-- exceptionally strong in the Force.

[ A beat ]

I'm not sure if I've explained that one to you before.

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[bryces_pup]

Not exactly, no. What's this Force? And why does you being strong in it make a difference?

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[sandhate]

The Force is a energy that connects us - from the smallest creatures to the largest. We are surrounded by it. Some sense it more than others, I'm one of those. They've never seen some one as strong in it as me.

There was a prophecy in some ancient texts. Someone strong in the Force will come and bring balance to it.

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[bryces_pup]

And because you're the strongest they've ever seen in it, they assume it's you?

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[sandhate]

That's what Master Qui-Gon believed. He's the first Jedi I ever met.

[ A beat ]

There were... other instances. The short version is I was ... pulled into a world. The beings there were made purely of the Force. I had the power to control them. I'm not sure anyone else could have.

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[bryces_pup]

[The first thing she thinks of is the Fade, but she immediately knows it's likely different. The spirits there were not guided by some force. And spirits were not controlled.]

So why must this Force be balanced? That implies there was an imbalance at some point.

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[sandhate]

There is. The Jedi are the agents of the light side of the Force, while the Sith are of the dark side.

The Sith are the ones that causes this imbalance - by spreading terror, doubts, anger, despair, all the things that comes with war.

[ He slams his fist on the table ]

Blast, why did I see it sooner!

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[bryces_pup]

[Whoa there, Anakin.]

See what sooner?

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[sandhate]

[ He grunts and flatly: ]

I was close with someone who might be a Sith.

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[bryces_pup]

[Well, that's not... good...]

And you had no idea?

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[sandhate]

None.

This is a betrayal and he isn't even here to [ defend himself? No. ] stand up to his crimes.

[bryces_pup]

Atroma may bring him here, you never know. Though, granted, it sounds as if he is not someone we'd want around here.