[ a bloated corpse of a memory floats to the surface. memory translates to thought. thought transliterates to text. ]
It can't stop people from dying.
[ to make the unintentional slip seem deliberate, ] But many of the Masters have extended lifespans decades past their species'. Those who know the Force can live longer, retain their youth longer. Then once they die, they become one with the Force.
[She's not sure what might've prompted him to say such a thing - most things are no match for death, that much she's accepted - but she leaves it at that, not wanting to press too far. As for the rest—]
And those who know the Force—is it something they're born with, or something they learn over time?
Both. Those who are attuned to the Force are called Force-sensitives. Without training, use is largely unconscious. The Jedi take in Force-sensitive children and teach them to consciously sense and manipulate the Force.
[ not the truthful one. not entirely. not everywhere. not so outside of the republic in planets like where he was born and raised for the first nine years of his life.
it is not expected among their enemies. but to anakin, that is proof of why the sith are a bastardization of everything the jedi are, of everything the jedi strive to be.
( something in him twisted every time his son spoke of wanting to be a jedi. like him. he did not try to make sense of it then, and as with much else about luke the memory is overwhelmed by his fear that was all the time he will have with his son. a blink and gone. ) ]
[How nice it must be, to have such ready support in something so vast and large and likely uncommon in the rest of the populace. (Or so she imagines.) To her, the Force may as well be akin to magic, an unseen force capable of great (and terrible) things.
Her own thoughts on magic and skills beyond the ordinary are conflicted. Maybe his aren't.]
Because the only way the Force can be "lost" is if life itself in the universe ended. Perhaps not even then. Life creates it. Life gives us power. Then once it dies, as I said, it becomes one with the Force.
[ words that awed him the first time he heard them. humbled him and made him feel special at once. arrogance and a sense of entitlement buried much. ]
So you see, "losing it" isn't something that can happen.
I used to think a lot of things weren't possible. Then I came here.
[But perhaps it's rude to follow this path all the way to its conclusion, especially when the likelihood of such a thing happening is low. ALASTAIR giveth a lot but so far it hasn't taketh away much. (Except, of course, people.)
So! Moving on--]
I appreciate the explanation, though I'm sure you've had to give it too many times thus far.
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What do you want to know?
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Is there anything it can't do?
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It can't stop people from dying.
[ to make the unintentional slip seem deliberate, ] But many of the Masters have extended lifespans decades past their species'.
Those who know the Force can live longer, retain their youth longer.
Then once they die, they become one with the Force.
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[She's not sure what might've prompted him to say such a thing - most things are no match for death, that much she's accepted - but she leaves it at that, not wanting to press too far. As for the rest—]
And those who know the Force—is it something they're born with, or something they learn over time?
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The Jedi take in Force-sensitive children and teach them to consciously sense and manipulate the Force.
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[ not the truthful one. not entirely. not everywhere. not so outside of the republic in planets like where he was born and raised for the first nine years of his life.
it is not expected among their enemies. but to anakin, that is proof of why the sith are a bastardization of everything the jedi are, of everything the jedi strive to be.
( something in him twisted every time his son spoke of wanting to be a jedi. like him. he did not try to make sense of it then, and as with much else about luke the memory is overwhelmed by his fear that was all the time he will have with his son. a blink and gone. ) ]
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Her own thoughts on magic and skills beyond the ordinary are conflicted. Maybe his aren't.]
Do you enjoy it? Being able to use the Force?
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What would you do, if you ever lost it?
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Life creates it. Life gives us power. Then once it dies, as I said, it becomes one with the Force.
[ words that awed him the first time he heard them. humbled him and made him feel special at once. arrogance and a sense of entitlement buried much. ]
So you see, "losing it" isn't something that can happen.
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[But perhaps it's rude to follow this path all the way to its conclusion, especially when the likelihood of such a thing happening is low. ALASTAIR giveth a lot but so far it hasn't taketh away much. (Except, of course, people.)
So! Moving on--]
I appreciate the explanation, though I'm sure you've had to give it too many times thus far.
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