Thread: Lessons in the Dark  [ Jagd & Bear ]

That was actually not a bad question. There was purpose behind it, a desire of clarity and specifically clarity of his emotions and where her own emotions fight into the overall scheme of things. This was good. He took a deep breath through his nose. The breastplate of his armor rose and fell. Because for us to me, you do have potential. You feel and you feel strongly. That is something we cultivate. We do not chain our emotions to a sense of justice. We do not cover them with a cloak of honor. We do not beat our passions into self reflection. We do not hide who we are. There was a lot of pride in we. This Sith was very sure of his path but so were the Jedi of theirs. The Zabrak stood there keeping watch over her. You have hidden yourself every day since you joined the Order. It was a simple observation. He knew nothing of her past but her body language and the struggle that wore away deep within her gave away who she was. Not the particulars but an overall sense of the womans nature. The Sith watched her with interest. Taking her in. The battle damaged robes. The way she held her lightsaber. Her inability to focus, which given the circumstance only made sense. The way the tension played out on her face or when she balled her hands into fists. The Sith watched and took note. Yet he needed to get back to the lesson. The Sith spoke with the haste of one recapping until he got to new information. To go back to an earlier thought, an earlier lesson. Emotions is how we connect with one another and your Jedi wish to not connect with others but only the Force. The Force to them is a proxy through which they connect with others. He gestures to the padawan since she is the only Jedi here. We Sith connect to our own feelings which may be selfish, many races are selfish by nature, but it doesnt have to be. It could be with another or a community. We use those emotions and in a way those connections to use the Force. So your answer about what defines the Sith is true but is only part of the answer. He allowed that to settle in going silent for bit. Space whisked by at dazzling speeds as they traveled in hyperspace. Given the war each of them had spent quite some time aboard a spaceship of one sort or another. While in the midst of a hyperjump it clearly wasnt going as fast as other ships Lina had been on. A military officer walked into the room from a back hallway. He nodded in an official manner to both the Sith and the Padawan. Walking over to the Sith a datapad was handed over before the officer continued on towards what was presumably the front of the ship given the direction the stars were moving. The Sith spent a moment looking over the datapad before putting it on the bench next to his helmet. Pacing helps doesnt it. When there is too much inside. A rhetorical question stated with kindness as he was enjoying watching the young woman do exactly as he had. Was she subconsciously following his actions to be more like him? Whether she thought his path might have merit or that he made a better Jedi than her, despite playing for the other side. Speaking with some concern he offers the Padawan a challenge. You do not need to answer this to me padawan but answer it at least for yourself. Have you ever felt an emotion deep within you an emotion so strong it threatened to crumble your resolve a passion, a fear so strong you feared you were flirting with the edge of the Dark Side? If so what kind of emotions were they. Yet as soon as the request was given he changed the topic with a simple reminder. However I do believe you owe me something. The tattooed alien reached down and tapped the top of his helmet which no longer wore hiding his features. Then distractedly his eyes fell to regard a display upon his gauntlet before looking back to the furtive padawan. At least now it appeared she was beginning to think, to question, to learn. He fretted some of the nuance was lost on the woman but there was time.