[Not the worst thing you can do with a genocidal dictator, honestly.]
Not everyone will have to make life and death decisions, but everyone can choose to be kind rather than cruel.
[She remembers that poor desperate widow on Tatooine, how five minutes of Revan's time brokering a sale had changed that despair to hope, the joy blooming in the other woman like a flower over a few hundred credits. In the horrid days since she found out her true identity, Revan's clung to little moments like that. In the long watches of the ship's night, she thinks they might be all that's keeping her from being swept away by the howling darkness.
But Dixon doesn't need to hear that. He wants Revan to play the Jedi Knight, calm and collected and dispensing wisdom. Fine, she can do that.]
Small things matter. A gentle word today could be what gives someone the strength to endure a tragedy tomorrow. An angry one might be just enough to drive them to despair in the face of that same tragedy. Every action you take ripples out through the universe, like stones dropped into a pond. You can't know exactly how the ripples will spread, but you can choose which rocks to throw--
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Not everyone will have to make life and death decisions, but everyone can choose to be kind rather than cruel.
[She remembers that poor desperate widow on Tatooine, how five minutes of Revan's time brokering a sale had changed that despair to hope, the joy blooming in the other woman like a flower over a few hundred credits. In the horrid days since she found out her true identity, Revan's clung to little moments like that. In the long watches of the ship's night, she thinks they might be all that's keeping her from being swept away by the howling darkness.
But Dixon doesn't need to hear that. He wants Revan to play the Jedi Knight, calm and collected and dispensing wisdom. Fine, she can do that.]
Small things matter. A gentle word today could be what gives someone the strength to endure a tragedy tomorrow. An angry one might be just enough to drive them to despair in the face of that same tragedy. Every action you take ripples out through the universe, like stones dropped into a pond. You can't know exactly how the ripples will spread, but you can choose which rocks to throw--
[Wait. Revan purses her lips.]
Okay, that metaphor got away from me.