"We do what we can," Archeval agreed quietly, watching the other's face. He mercifully refrained from commenting on any of those sniffles.
"In my experience, the important thing is simply to refuse to stop, no matter what happens. Here, too. But, ah, I'll quit with my lecturing like an old grandmother."
He subsided into quiet for a moment, glancing away again with a slightly awkward look on his face. It was one thing to start talking this way with someone like Ashara, a literal student of whatever he cared to teach; but Eleven certainly wasn't his apprentice or subordinate or anything close. And of course, he had no way of knowing the true situation on the ground over on Erdrea, but -- still. If there was one thing he'd learned absolutely without doubt since first being brought to the Sith, it was that a strong will could make the impossible possible, could win out against even the most overwhelming of odds -- could shake the very galaxy itself. 'Through passion I gain strength, and through strength, power'...
A great many aspects of the Sith Order and its hierarchy were utterly ridiculous, of course, but -- in his experience, the Code had always rung true.
"...I'm sorry to hear of your loss, though," he ventured tentatively at last, gaze tilting up toward the clouds again. While they were already on painful subjects and all.
"To have family you never knew. Sounds like a great deal to get used to in not much time."
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"In my experience, the important thing is simply to refuse to stop, no matter what happens. Here, too. But, ah, I'll quit with my lecturing like an old grandmother."
He subsided into quiet for a moment, glancing away again with a slightly awkward look on his face. It was one thing to start talking this way with someone like Ashara, a literal student of whatever he cared to teach; but Eleven certainly wasn't his apprentice or subordinate or anything close. And of course, he had no way of knowing the true situation on the ground over on Erdrea, but -- still. If there was one thing he'd learned absolutely without doubt since first being brought to the Sith, it was that a strong will could make the impossible possible, could win out against even the most overwhelming of odds -- could shake the very galaxy itself. 'Through passion I gain strength, and through strength, power'...
A great many aspects of the Sith Order and its hierarchy were utterly ridiculous, of course, but -- in his experience, the Code had always rung true.
"...I'm sorry to hear of your loss, though," he ventured tentatively at last, gaze tilting up toward the clouds again. While they were already on painful subjects and all.
"To have family you never knew. Sounds like a great deal to get used to in not much time."