[It's a good thing Leia can't see Qui-Gon right now, because he visibly stiffened at the words, all but directly accusing him of the incidents following Anakin's return to Verens.]
I know. First Obi-Wan, and now Ezra. [And who knows who else.]
[He pauses, sucking in a deep breath as if it would hold back his next words, forbidding the very real possibility of his next actions--what he'd pledged himself to nearly fifty years ago when he was old enough to become a Padawan.]
[It's Xanatos all over again, but somehow even worse. The guilt was his back then, and it's his now.]
He is my responsibility. I'll do what I can to contain the situation.
[The 'even if it means killing him' is (sadly) implied, if Anakin leaves him no choice.]
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I know. First Obi-Wan, and now Ezra. [And who knows who else.]
[He pauses, sucking in a deep breath as if it would hold back his next words, forbidding the very real possibility of his next actions--what he'd pledged himself to nearly fifty years ago when he was old enough to become a Padawan.]
[It's Xanatos all over again, but somehow even worse. The guilt was his back then, and it's his now.]
He is my responsibility. I'll do what I can to contain the situation.
[The 'even if it means killing him' is (sadly) implied, if Anakin leaves him no choice.]