vii (voice).
[ patience. that's what obi-wan would suggest in a situation like this. patience. but, patience was something that anakin skywalker had never been very fond of or good at and now certainly wasn't helping him get any better at it. if anything, it was making his impatience worse. this place was a brick wall, an impenetrable wall the jedi general couldn't climb over, dig under, or slam through like he felt he should be able to. and it was slowly driving him mad. he could only feign patience, calm and content for so long and he was slowly reaching his boiling point. he was a notorious bottler of emotions and after four months of sitting around and exercising and infuriating amount of patience, that bottle was dangerously close to overflowing.
he had things to do. a war to fight. a padawan to train. anakin had heard whispers of time standing still when one was taken, but he couldn't help but wonder...and wonder and doubt were two of his greatest failings, for they led to his mind wandering to areas that were dangerously close to a line he shouldn't cross, let alone be near. he'd crossed that line once, when he'd slaughtered that village of tusken raiders after his mother died... he promised himself he never would again, but that line was so tempting now.
what if, he wondered. what if he-- ]
No. I can't. I won't.
[ because he was stronger. better than that. he wasn't dooku, wasn't a weak minded so-called "idealist" who was oblivious to his own foolishness. he knew better. temptation would be there, but it was a temptation he would resist. ]
Patience. I just need to be patient.
[ and he would. until his impatience got the better of him, which thankfully wasn't now. ]
he had things to do. a war to fight. a padawan to train. anakin had heard whispers of time standing still when one was taken, but he couldn't help but wonder...and wonder and doubt were two of his greatest failings, for they led to his mind wandering to areas that were dangerously close to a line he shouldn't cross, let alone be near. he'd crossed that line once, when he'd slaughtered that village of tusken raiders after his mother died... he promised himself he never would again, but that line was so tempting now.
what if, he wondered. what if he-- ]
No. I can't. I won't.
[ because he was stronger. better than that. he wasn't dooku, wasn't a weak minded so-called "idealist" who was oblivious to his own foolishness. he knew better. temptation would be there, but it was a temptation he would resist. ]
Patience. I just need to be patient.
[ and he would. until his impatience got the better of him, which thankfully wasn't now. ]