The Clearest Path

[Jaden_Starchaser]

Jaden cracked a small smile with Duncan's revelation. "I had a feeling you knew. And I tried. I really did. I've tried meditation. I've been regularly attending sessions with the ship's therapist, off the record of course. But it's so hard.. I don't know how I can atone for all of this. I don't even know if undertaking the vow will ever give me the penance I'm looking for. Or if it's even the right time." He looks down at the floor panels and softly says, "Duncan..everything just feels so wrong about this war. The Order. The Republic. The OPA. It all just feels so wrong. And it's this "Mother" that you spoke of that's making it wrong. We're so blinded by what's in front of us. Who our perceived enemy is that we don't see we're all puppets and she's pulling our strings."

[Duncan_Starchaser]

Many of what he was saying mirrored what Duncan had thought before. But he didn't have any answers for it either as such he just nodded his head.

[Jaden_Starchaser]

"The problem is this. We can't go after the main enemy without being pulled back by a mission from the Jedi or from the Chancellor. It's like we're being restricted by our ties," Jaden said trying to work through this problem.

[Duncan_Starchaser]

"That is nothing you need to focus on anymore." he told Jaden. "You're focus from now on will be to get yourself back on the proper path."

[Jaden_Starchaser]

"There's just one thing that I need to see done first," Jaden said no helpbup one finger to emphasize his point,"Pru Hul. I need to see him brought to justice for everything that he's done. I can't in good conscience take the vow with him still out there and we're the only ones who know what he's doing."

[Duncan_Starchaser]

"That won't be an easy task." Duncan said. It was yet another problem among the many out there.

[Jaden_Starchaser]

"Then I suggest we get to it," Jaden said. There's was a fire burning in his eyes that Duncan had not seen in his brother for a very long time. Jaden held out his hand to initiate the secret handshake the brothers had made when they were younger.

[Duncan_Starchaser]

Duncan perfromed the handshake with his brother. Though the fire that was currently in Jaden's eyes weren't mirrored in Duncan's. "Let me know when Ni arrives?" he asked his brother.

[Jaden_Starchaser]

Having spent a lot of time with his brother Jaden could tell when there was something on his mind. "Duncan. Is everything alright?"

[Duncan_Starchaser]

Duncan inhaled sharply. "No everything is far from alright." he replied. "But I'll continue to meditate until a solution comes to me." he said (beat a 21 bluff to call him on it.)