[ It may have been his mistake but Anakin was the one to suffer the consequences. Enough so that in speaking to Toko about it, years later, she had drawn a conclusion hypothesizing harmful intent. It may rip his heart in two, but that does not matter. What is done is done, and he will simply have to tend to the injury on his own. ]
Dreams are fickle things, and the future is constantly in flux. Acting on them can sometimes lead to the very thing they are showing us.
Regardless, he was in my care, and I knew his power was different. I should have done better. It is not a mistake I intend to make again.
[ These dreams of Padmé... they are the problem, now. This conversation makes him consider that he will need to devise a way for his pre-revelation self to believe it when Anakin goes to him after he leaves this train. ]
[She knows better than to take that at face value, but it's safest to agree and leave it be.]
There's not much evidence for it in my home, but most mythology follows the same logic regarding prophecy.
Not that I'm relegating what happened to old folklore, but perhaps pursuing that dream would have led her to die in a different way. If fate is something real in your world, enough so to give tangible visions, then changing it might be more difficult than it seems.
I don't have any useful experience with this stuff. I just know you would have never endangered either Anakin or his mother purposefully. That's your truth. Not your past mistakes.
Edited (You ever look back and absolutely loathe a tag you sent) 2021-11-12 21:08 (UTC)
[ There's a strange sort of comfort that comes in her response, even if they might be platitudes. He had never told anyone about what happened, not even the Council, and he knows that even he does not know the whole truth of it. He has never pressed. He has only ever carried the grief of his mistakes. He cannot pretend that he believes all of this to be his fault, part of him knows it is not, but his key involvement is what makes all the difference.
Obi-Wan, usually so good with words, finds himself at a loss. She is correct, he never would have endangered either her or Anakin, not if it was within his power to do something about it. But even so, nobody has ever pointed it out so plainly; acknowledged it as fact outside Obi-Wan's own thoughts. ]
I have only ever wanted him to be happy.
[ Once it is sent, though, he wishes he could take it back. It seems too honest. He moves on quickly. ]
But you are correct. We cannot let our mistakes define us, we can only learn and do our best not to let them happen again.
[The second half makes her smile. Did she help him? Even a little? She's useless in most respects, and he's very much her senior in several facets. Still. She'd like to think her crumbs of condolences were worth something.]
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[ It may have been his mistake but Anakin was the one to suffer the consequences. Enough so that in speaking to Toko about it, years later, she had drawn a conclusion hypothesizing harmful intent. It may rip his heart in two, but that does not matter. What is done is done, and he will simply have to tend to the injury on his own. ]
Dreams are fickle things, and the future is constantly in flux. Acting on them can sometimes lead to the very thing they are showing us.
Regardless, he was in my care, and I knew his power was different. I should have done better. It is not a mistake I intend to make again.
[ These dreams of Padmé... they are the problem, now. This conversation makes him consider that he will need to devise a way for his pre-revelation self to believe it when Anakin goes to him after he leaves this train. ]
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There's not much evidence for it in my home, but most mythology follows the same logic regarding prophecy.
Not that I'm relegating what happened to old folklore, but perhaps pursuing that dream would have led her to die in a different way. If fate is something real in your world, enough so to give tangible visions, then changing it might be more difficult than it seems.
I don't have any useful experience with this stuff. I just know you would have never endangered either Anakin or his mother purposefully. That's your truth. Not your past mistakes.
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Obi-Wan, usually so good with words, finds himself at a loss. She is correct, he never would have endangered either her or Anakin, not if it was within his power to do something about it. But even so, nobody has ever pointed it out so plainly; acknowledged it as fact outside Obi-Wan's own thoughts. ]
I have only ever wanted him to be happy.
[ Once it is sent, though, he wishes he could take it back. It seems too honest. He moves on quickly. ]
But you are correct. We cannot let our mistakes define us, we can only learn and do our best not to let them happen again.
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[The second half makes her smile. Did she help him? Even a little? She's useless in most respects, and he's very much her senior in several facets. Still. She'd like to think her crumbs of condolences were worth something.]
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Wait are you saying that to turn this back around on me?
[OBI??? Don't dodge with generalities???]