Author's Note
This is not the last chapter. It's only the title of this chapter.
3rd Person
Jedi were to be instructed from childhood. It was an age-old custom.
Youth was the synthesis of the mind, a critical time of development integral to internalizing Jedi philosophy and techniques.
Naturally, the younger a youngling began their training, the greater their control over their state of mind.
It was for this reason the council was so hesitant to admit Anakin Skywalker at age nine.
For some galactic citizens, the practice of initiating children was... controversial.
In nearly every case, the order received permission from the parents of the child before collecting them from their homeworld. That being said... the circumstances in which the child was extracted were often subject to scrutiny.
Occasionally, at some point down the line, a parent grew to lament their decision... and the waters muddied.
Regardless, the vast majority of Jedi within the temple had little concept of family... at least in the traditional sense.
Robbing them of the bond between a parent and child was a necessary act to strengthen their discipline.
That was the consensus.
Perhaps something important was lost along the way.
And perhaps some made do... in their own way.
A Few Months Later
Zevon
'It was my shatterpoint, but that's just it... right?'
'It was mine...'
'Not the galaxy's.'
It seemed that every day, Burst was more and more right.
Did I really expect to change the course of a war, alone?
More importantly, the trade did bother me, but...
It didn't feel like failure.
'Why?'
I knew the answer, or... I thought I did.
'Maybe the win was all that mattered to me.'
I glared fiercely at the mirror, revolted.
That aside though, it wasn't like my personal feelings about the situation held any weight.
Every time I woke up, I felt more and more strongly that Burst was right.
Ending the clone wars... had never been on the table.
Or at least... the switch to decide so had always been deliberately out of reach.
Adi
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