[The effort he's putting into keeping himself from being visibly upset is, unfortunately, visible in the tightness of his expression, and even though there's a glare on his face, his eyes are shining a bit too brightly. His words are strained as well, and he has to force them out so that they don't sound as pathetic as he feels.]
Just because I'm not a Jedi doesn't mean I—
[hate my uncle, he's going to say, but his voice breaks and he has to cut himself off, clamping his jaw shut and trembling with a miserable look on his face that says he's furious with himself.
He can't change what he's done in their galaxy, or what he will continue to do. The him of this place... it's separate from all of that. He's allowed for that separation, has accepted it, that the possibilities here don't have to be the same at home, and so he'd come closer to accepting his family, the Jedi, having a peaceful truce with them even if he didn't necessarily want to be a part of them. Could Obi-Wan not understand that?]
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Just because I'm not a Jedi doesn't mean I—
[hate my uncle, he's going to say, but his voice breaks and he has to cut himself off, clamping his jaw shut and trembling with a miserable look on his face that says he's furious with himself.
He can't change what he's done in their galaxy, or what he will continue to do. The him of this place... it's separate from all of that. He's allowed for that separation, has accepted it, that the possibilities here don't have to be the same at home, and so he'd come closer to accepting his family, the Jedi, having a peaceful truce with them even if he didn't necessarily want to be a part of them. Could Obi-Wan not understand that?]