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The kobold nods, thoughtful and obviously not pleased.

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"Revan also saw a situation where a Jedi master decided to push their pupil to fall to the Dark Side. On purpose. In order to help them grow. Which can almost sound okay, if you spin it right, if you make it about showing the student both sides of the coin. Except it involved traumatizing at least one student into hating themselves and falling to the Dark Side because they thought that was all they could do. That they were damned, forever. They were left like that for a while, and while they were there, they caused nearby animals to become more dangerous to the nearby settlers.

"Then, what Revan considered to be worse, Revan was asked to deal with them. With no specification as to how, or detail of the history associated. Revan was - well, Revan was Revan, so they didn't interpret that as 'kill them to protect the settlers' and instead interpreted it as 'help someone when they're in a very bad place,' and ultimately redeemed and befriended them. But if anything in that sequence of events had gone even a little bit wrong - if the fallen student had decided to leave the planet, if the fallen student had thought that being irredeemable meant that the only way to save themselves was to take their own life, if someone had been seriously hurt by the wildlife they'd stirred up, if Revan had just accepted what the Jedi Council had handed them at face value..." The holocron trails off, then shakes his head. "I think you should watch for Jedi arrogance, and Jedi making decisions about risk that aren't really theirs to make. Because it was never any of them that were in danger, it was the student, it was the settlers, it was the wildlife. And they deemed risking all of them acceptable."

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Nod.

 

Sigh.

"Okay. That runs into an issue I'd already noticed, and... I think if I arrange it the right way, I can actually turn that into an advantage. I don't actually want to be in a position to decide how problems are solved, here - veto power, chosing not to give them resources I think they'll misuse, yes, I'm comfortable with that, but not anything active; it's a cultural thing. But it seems like I should anyway, and if I'm going to, I can do it in a way where if they're going to do that kind of thing, I'm in a position to notice it."

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Revan's holocron nods.

"Just as long as you're careful, too. The trouble with being surrounded by idiots is you default to thinking you're always right, and forget that no one is ever always right."

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She chuckles. "No, I know that one. And I'll be visiting my tribe regularly; if I start getting arrogant they will notice and they will do something about it."

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"Oh, good," says Holocron Revan, obviously pleased. "I'm glad they look out for you."

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She grins, fondly. "It's what we're for, is looking out for each other. Not the only thing, but."

 

"...anything else I should know?"

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The holocron pauses to search through his memory banks.

"Mostly just reassurance that there are good Jedi, really. Ones that are actually good, not - thinking they're good and putting others at risk. Oh, and you might want to look up Jolee Bindo, Revan always thought they were insightful about the nature of Jedi and the Force."

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She nods, and bows. "Thank you."

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"You're welcome! It's what I'm here for. Feel free to come back whenever you'd like."

The holocron's holo bows back, and then his light winks out.

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And so she goes and finds Ana, holocron in tow.

"That was very useful, thank you."

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"Revan is the best. I like Revan. I can put that away, if you're done with it." Ana takes the holocron from the kobold and puts it back.

"Look around at more stuff here or go see something else?"

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Hm. "I'm probably going to be here for a while, maybe show me places that would be useful to know about?"

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"Sure!"

So this was the library, she's seen the main entrance, here's a side exit to the gardens, here's the one that goes right to the landing pad, cafeteria over here, meditation rooms, teaching rooms, training rooms, here's the Council chamber and here is Master Satele walking out of the Council chamber.

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"Hello again," she says. "I trust Knight Morillo has been helpful?"

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The kobold grins and nods. "They have."

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Ana smiles.

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"Good. Keep her out of trouble." It is unclear which one of them Satele is talking to. "I understand that with your particular skills, you do not necessarily require us to provide a private room of your own, but if you will be staying for any length of time, I must at least extend the offer."

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"I can set something up for myself. You should probably have a portal from here to wherever I end up staying, though, so I'll need a place to put that."

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"A room will serve that purpose as well as any other space. Ana, take our guest to Master Balros and get her an assignment."

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"Yes, Master."

This way!

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Follow follow!

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And here is Master Balros! He nods when Ana explains their purpose, makes a little mark in his book, and directs them to a room down the hall. It contains a bed, a desk, a footlocker, and four walls.

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The kobold thanks Master Balros, and then when it's just her and Ana again, she asks, "How much do you know about my magic?"

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"Not a whole lot? Like, it's not the Force, and you can teleport, and it's dangerous to learn the wrong way, and that's pretty much it."

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