[What Obi-Wan doesn't say exists in the air either way- because Anakin too had been raised in the Order. He knows what they would say, what their advice would be, because it plays on a loop through his thoughts. He knows better. He knows-]
Do you?
[It isn't an accusation that reaches carefully- tentatively across their bond. It's an apology maybe. Obi-Wan has sacrificed so many things for him, has tried so hard to make Anakin a good Jedi. A worthy Jedi.]
I understand what the Council asks of me.
But I can't
Why do we surrender when someone needs us? Why have we had so many acceptable losses?
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Do you?
[It isn't an accusation that reaches carefully- tentatively across their bond. It's an apology maybe. Obi-Wan has sacrificed so many things for him, has tried so hard to make Anakin a good Jedi. A worthy Jedi.]
I understand what the Council asks of me.
But I can't
Why do we surrender when someone needs us? Why have we had so many acceptable losses?