She could feel the rage, the confusion, the indecision within him. The Force groaned and strained within the room, bent in such a way as to leave marks and stains. It crept up her arm and down her spine. It almost made her forget the agonizing pain that crawled across the skin of her left arm.
Her heart was pounding and she clenched her left hand at her side to keep it from shaking.
I want to protect my home, my child, and my Empire, she said. It was the simple answer to his question. They were things she would die to protect, and while she had no desire to kill him, she would fight if she had to.
He had built a great deal for the Empire, discovering Exegol, building up the Imperial fleet, bringing portions of the galaxy into their fold. For him to die would be a waste. For either of them to die would be a waste.
And yet she thought back to the stories she had heard of Sidious and Vader. Time and again the two had come to conflict even to blows, and yet for years they had kept the galaxy in check together. An alliance if not always an easy one.
She waited several moments more, watched him struggle, and drank in the waves of emotion before she finally spoke.
What is your decision? she asked.
@Braden
Her heart was pounding and she clenched her left hand at her side to keep it from shaking.
I want to protect my home, my child, and my Empire, she said. It was the simple answer to his question. They were things she would die to protect, and while she had no desire to kill him, she would fight if she had to.
He had built a great deal for the Empire, discovering Exegol, building up the Imperial fleet, bringing portions of the galaxy into their fold. For him to die would be a waste. For either of them to die would be a waste.
And yet she thought back to the stories she had heard of Sidious and Vader. Time and again the two had come to conflict even to blows, and yet for years they had kept the galaxy in check together. An alliance if not always an easy one.
She waited several moments more, watched him struggle, and drank in the waves of emotion before she finally spoke.
What is your decision? she asked.
@Braden