He leans into her touch, for a moment, but then seems to catch himself, and pull back.
"Maybe."
Just the idea of a single Jedi seems like a contradiction. He knew the stories of the Sith, of their small numbers. But they were driven by self-interest and power, they all turned on each other eventually. It made sense. But with the Jedi - he was taught that humility and wisdom came from the Order. That it meant no one of them stood out from another, no one of them mattered more.
He looks down at the holocron. It contained only a small slice of the knowledge of the Jedi Order, and yet still more than he could hope to. And even that hope was arrogance. It was contradiction on top of contradiction.
But contradiction was something else the Jedi embraced.
Kanan sets the holocron down at his side, leaning forward and putting his face in his hands for a moment. Accept it, move on.
Lifting his face, he asks her, quietly, "Do you know why the Jedi - found us so young?"
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"Maybe."
Just the idea of a single Jedi seems like a contradiction. He knew the stories of the Sith, of their small numbers. But they were driven by self-interest and power, they all turned on each other eventually. It made sense. But with the Jedi - he was taught that humility and wisdom came from the Order. That it meant no one of them stood out from another, no one of them mattered more.
He looks down at the holocron. It contained only a small slice of the knowledge of the Jedi Order, and yet still more than he could hope to. And even that hope was arrogance. It was contradiction on top of contradiction.
But contradiction was something else the Jedi embraced.
Kanan sets the holocron down at his side, leaning forward and putting his face in his hands for a moment. Accept it, move on.
Lifting his face, he asks her, quietly, "Do you know why the Jedi - found us so young?"