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Talking things through is good, and Anakin should feel free to keep doing that if it helps her. Elesse finds that dealing with emotions through the Force helps to... spread out the impact of them. Make them more diffuse, let her think more clearly. Pick which aspects she wants to keep with her after she's done meditating.

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Like... Make them smaller but longer? 

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Mm, not necessarily smaller, but less urgent.

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Anakin usually just tries to get her bad experiences out of the way...

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It's not 'putting them off', it's 'enabling you to think through them'.

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So you... Don't do things you don't want to do? 

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Indeed. And so you can think thoughts you might not otherwise be able to.

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Like what? 

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It depends on the situation, but perhaps things like seeing a problem from another point of view, or adjusting your priorities, or deciding a particular fight is or is not worth the effort.

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What would a fight not being worth the effort look like? (Anakin enjoys fighting, so...)

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If it distracts you from another goal, or if it won't make meaningful change, or if the chance of winning is objectively too low.

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Nod! "That makes sense, yeah..."

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"As a Jedi, if you choose to follow that path, you will often be dealing with scenarios that have consequences beyond the immediate. Having practice in ways of taking a step back to consider the larger picture is very helpful."

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Hum.

"I don't want to get stuck thinking all the time, though."

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"When you have enough practice thinking in this way, it becomes instinctive enough that you don't always need to pause to reach the mindset."

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"Huh."

"And I guess I can take moments while doing stuff."

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"In between, yes."

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"So it does sound like a useful ability..."

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"I think so."

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"Then I'll learn it."

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"That's the spirit."

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Grin! "I like learning stuff."

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"Good. That will make training easier."

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"And funner."

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"Quite."

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