I was a little girl then. I didn't understand nearly as much as I thought I did.
[How old had she been? Ten, twelve? That was before the Imperial Senate--before the Rebel Alliance. She'd known her father did dangerous things in the name of galactic freedom, but she'd had no idea just what that entailed. It had been impossible, then, to know just what lengths she'd go to for others.]
I think it can be a choice. People can learn to care for something more than themselves. [Hasn't Han done that? She knows, in her heart, that his interest in the rebellion is twined inextricably with his interest in her, but the things he's done for her have had galaxy-wide consequences.] But for me, it never was.
[Tossing the now-frayed blade of grass over the edge of the meadow, into the lake, she glances Obi-Wan's way.] Nor for you, I'm guessing.
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[How old had she been? Ten, twelve? That was before the Imperial Senate--before the Rebel Alliance. She'd known her father did dangerous things in the name of galactic freedom, but she'd had no idea just what that entailed. It had been impossible, then, to know just what lengths she'd go to for others.]
I think it can be a choice. People can learn to care for something more than themselves. [Hasn't Han done that? She knows, in her heart, that his interest in the rebellion is twined inextricably with his interest in her, but the things he's done for her have had galaxy-wide consequences.] But for me, it never was.
[Tossing the now-frayed blade of grass over the edge of the meadow, into the lake, she glances Obi-Wan's way.] Nor for you, I'm guessing.