Mini Nano Day #2, Extra Snippet
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morgynleriBecause I can, and I'm really fond of this one.
Star Wars: Last Stand of Valor
"It is not a small stage on which we act." Finis looks out over the currently empty Senate dome, before glancing to the teenager standing next to her. "And we have an audience uncounted to scrutinize our performance."
"They criticize it constantly. I'm not good enough for them, too emotional, too attached." Anakin shakes her head, grimacing. "Why are we here, Chancellor?"
"You asked me last time we met how I can be so calm in the face of the vitriol from everyone that's spewed behind my back." Finis waves a hand at the empty Senate. "Look at it all. Vast, and all of it as empty as the space between the stars. Quiet, if only for a moment."
Anakin frowns, but does as Finis suggested, and looks. Listens to the silence that falls with neither of them speaking. Well, not quite silence. Quiet, but with the faint hum of power that keeps the lights on, the pods in standby, the shield in place that arcs over the Chancellor's podium even now.
"You imagine it like this when it's full of people all shouting at once?" Anakin turns her head to look at Finis again, curiosity clear in her expression.
"Sometimes. Sometimes I just imagine the lot of them naked. Or as younglings playing dress-up." Finis smiles as Anakin laughs, reaching out to rest a hand on the girl's shoulder. "You're fine, Anakin. Connections are part of being human, and cutting them off is about as sensible as cutting off an arm or a leg. The Jedi seem to have forgotten that, most of them."
Star Wars: Last Stand of Valor
"It is not a small stage on which we act." Finis looks out over the currently empty Senate dome, before glancing to the teenager standing next to her. "And we have an audience uncounted to scrutinize our performance."
"They criticize it constantly. I'm not good enough for them, too emotional, too attached." Anakin shakes her head, grimacing. "Why are we here, Chancellor?"
"You asked me last time we met how I can be so calm in the face of the vitriol from everyone that's spewed behind my back." Finis waves a hand at the empty Senate. "Look at it all. Vast, and all of it as empty as the space between the stars. Quiet, if only for a moment."
Anakin frowns, but does as Finis suggested, and looks. Listens to the silence that falls with neither of them speaking. Well, not quite silence. Quiet, but with the faint hum of power that keeps the lights on, the pods in standby, the shield in place that arcs over the Chancellor's podium even now.
"You imagine it like this when it's full of people all shouting at once?" Anakin turns her head to look at Finis again, curiosity clear in her expression.
"Sometimes. Sometimes I just imagine the lot of them naked. Or as younglings playing dress-up." Finis smiles as Anakin laughs, reaching out to rest a hand on the girl's shoulder. "You're fine, Anakin. Connections are part of being human, and cutting them off is about as sensible as cutting off an arm or a leg. The Jedi seem to have forgotten that, most of them."