"I believe you," she said quickly, not lying about that. "It's a bit of a touchy subject, that's all."
She swung her legs over the side of the rock and began to trace random patterns in the sand with her toes -- concentric swirls, mostly, but the occasional squiggly line. This kept up for a minute or two while she tried to put her thoughts together and, finally, spoke up a little more slowly than usual.
"The Jacen I know isn't a bad man . . . not yet, anyhow. But he was always someone who was more inclined to thinking than to action -- he and Anakin got into the longest, most maddening arguments over the nature of the Force, and their role in it. He never stopped being that, even after the Yuuzhan Vong tried to -- after they broke him."
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Date: 2010-05-16 05:41 pm (UTC)She swung her legs over the side of the rock and began to trace random patterns in the sand with her toes -- concentric swirls, mostly, but the occasional squiggly line. This kept up for a minute or two while she tried to put her thoughts together and, finally, spoke up a little more slowly than usual.
"The Jacen I know isn't a bad man . . . not yet, anyhow. But he was always someone who was more inclined to thinking than to action -- he and Anakin got into the longest, most maddening arguments over the nature of the Force, and their role in it. He never stopped being that, even after the Yuuzhan Vong tried to -- after they broke him."