[ooc: I see your icon. Oh hai, Siri! Also, Obi, you realize how much shit you're in for when Anakin finds out you lied about the kids, right?]
He doesn't want to hear it. It's easier, after all, to wallow in despair and self-pity. The Dark Side has many forms...
But at least Obi-Wan is offering that lifeline through their bond, a spark of light to draw him back. At least there's the reminder of people he can still help. Like Ahsoka. Like the rest of the Ghost's crew. Like everyone under the Empire's heel.
It's just another war to be fought. He's gotten used to fighting.
Slowly, he raises his head to look up at Obi-Wan, slowly he starts to stand. His features are, of course, still grim and inside there's a wound that won't stop aching for a long while, if ever. They can only hope it doesn't fester. But there's a resolve that wasn't there a few moments ago, and if it isn't precisely righteous it's at least not precisely selfish, either.
yes Obi-Wan, point him at Vader and Palpatine then you don't have to wait for Luke to be old enough
He doesn't want to hear it. It's easier, after all, to wallow in despair and self-pity. The Dark Side has many forms...
But at least Obi-Wan is offering that lifeline through their bond, a spark of light to draw him back. At least there's the reminder of people he can still help. Like Ahsoka. Like the rest of the Ghost's crew. Like everyone under the Empire's heel.
It's just another war to be fought. He's gotten used to fighting.
Slowly, he raises his head to look up at Obi-Wan, slowly he starts to stand. His features are, of course, still grim and inside there's a wound that won't stop aching for a long while, if ever. They can only hope it doesn't fester. But there's a resolve that wasn't there a few moments ago, and if it isn't precisely righteous it's at least not precisely selfish, either.
"Well...I guess you're right about that."