voicetesting, considering eudio

[notimeforsorrow]

I thought we understood each other. You already know that I have a lot of things to take care of. I can't afford to slack off just because the war is over. It's now, in fact, that it's most important to reestablish the Republic because any system left without a governing body will turn to anarchy -

Yes, you told me that I can achieve at least some of my goals with what you're considering, but I believe in attaining things through hard work, not through dubious arrangements.

You don't even have enough icons yet. This is just ridiculous.

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[greyorder]

The reason the Dark Side's political structures don't collapse is multifaceted. People like power, but not everyone wants to be at the very top, and a lot of people stabilize at a certain rank. There are also people whose entire job is to manage people and keep them in line, for a certain set of guidelines that don't match up with what an outsider might expect. Not that you usually know who those people are - they have another job to camouflage their real purpose. Re-education also helps, even just as a threat. Just don't ask what it entails if you'd like to sleep tonight.

Progress isn't as rapid as I'd hoped, but it's happening. I think this is the most peaceful I've been since even before I joined the Dark Side. I've been getting better at meditating, too. It might be foolish but I'm hoping that these are signs I'm becoming more connected on some level to the Light Side.

[notimeforsorrow]

So limiting your abilities and your progress, eliminating those who act out, and brainwashing.

[Leia never liked sugarcoating things.]

If you're finding some measure of peace, then you must be succeeding - especially after that "peace is a lie" nonsense they fed you, you can show yourself otherwise.

[greyorder]

That first bit is necessary when your system praises being self-serving to such a degree, [he points out, having clearly given this some serious thought since he left, trying to puzzle out how the Dark Side didn't end with massive internal upheavals every other week.] Otherwise you'd have too many people aiming to be at the top of the organization for it to function. It's horrible, but it's efficient, I'll give them that.

Most forms of meditation are beyond me so I've returned to the basics, the things I was first taught. Sometimes peace isn't total calm but rather can be found in the reduction of internal chaos. What they did was convince me and virtually all other recruits that total calm all the time was the definition of peace so that, having twisted our definition of the word, they could make their statement feel true.

As I said before: horrible yet efficient. I'm glad to be free of it to whatever degree I am.

[notimeforsorrow]

It's a dictatorship is what it is. [Leia obviously had many things to say on the matter, none of them good.]

No one is calm all the time, and yet many can say they've found peace. Though I suppose if anyone thought of such things, it would be considered treason.

[greyorder]

Efficiency is the means by which most dictatorships rise to power. This isn't an exception, but it provides a shining example and explanation of how such a thing works. Hopefully the future will learn from it.

That's precisely why they made people think that was the definition of peace. One person did, in my presence, bring such a thing up to my Master. He assured her that she was misunderstanding the true nature of peace and passion and the inherently chaotic nature of all sentient beings. It's only treason if you keep thinking it or worse, act on it.

[notimeforsorrow]

[Her mouth was drawn into a thin line.]

Hope. At least there is always that.

[greyorder]

Hope is why I returned to the Light Side. Rey held an ocean of hope within her heart and mind, and it washed over me before I could realize it. I was ordered to kill my father but stayed my hand when I looked into his eyes and saw he had hope for me still despite everything.

Hope is what will rebuild the galaxy one day.

[notimeforsorrow]

[Spoken like a true Naberrie-Skywalker. Leia's gaze softened and she gave him a warm smile.]

[She moved to stand next to him, taking her son's hand in hers.]

We'll rebuild it together.

[greyorder]

[He squeezes her hand gently. If he allowed himself to get teary eyed, the simple gesture of his mother taking him by the hand would do it, but he doesn't want to ruin the moment.]

We will, [he agrees quietly, nodding.] I'd be honored to do so.