[She doesn't look back to meet his stare, still fixated on something that isn't there. She could ask why he kept it from her, but no answer would satisfy her in any way, so she doesn't. Selfish or selfless, it doesn't matter. In spite of her non-presence in the room, her anxiety continues to skyrocket. How many times had the Jedi Council rebuked Anakin for doing what was necessary to win the battle? How many times had he pushed to techniques he claimed were for the greater good?
How many times had he convinced and taught her to do the same? She had momentarily abandoned her sense in an attempt to avenge his good name, as Anakin would have once done for her. This shadow, this Darth Vader, this monster that everyone seemed to speak of with reverence and fear, was what he would become.
The changes she had seen in him were the beginning. Fear and anger had triumphed over him -- for reasons she can't begin to map out. Padme, perhaps. Obi-Wan? Her own departure from the Order? Had Anakin turned to the Dark Side because he had nothing else?]
(What have I done?)
[It comes out without thinking, a mutter of utter disbelief. Whatever Anakin's reasons had been -- he'd needed her, more than she had ever realized. And she left him behind. The whole of the galaxy suffered for it.]
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How many times had he convinced and taught her to do the same? She had momentarily abandoned her sense in an attempt to avenge his good name, as Anakin would have once done for her. This shadow, this Darth Vader, this monster that everyone seemed to speak of with reverence and fear, was what he would become.
The changes she had seen in him were the beginning. Fear and anger had triumphed over him -- for reasons she can't begin to map out. Padme, perhaps. Obi-Wan? Her own departure from the Order? Had Anakin turned to the Dark Side because he had nothing else?]
( What have I done? )
[It comes out without thinking, a mutter of utter disbelief. Whatever Anakin's reasons had been -- he'd needed her, more than she had ever realized. And she left him behind. The whole of the galaxy suffered for it.]