IC Inbox: Empatheias

[bailedontheempire]

You've reached Bail Organa. Leave a message and I'll get back to you. Unless you're Grand Moff Tarkin.

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[actualhumandisaster]

[ For a few moments there's silence. But in the end Anakin end up taking the direct approach as usual. ]

Why did you do it?!

[ Vague? Maybe. ]

[bailedontheempire]

[Vague, but what else could it be?]

I had hoped... you were still enough of the man from before to see why. We did it for them. They were never going to be safe, but we could at least keep them out of some danger.

[actualhumandisaster]

By danger you are referring to me.

[ Bail can't see it, but Anakin grits his teeth at the thought. ]

And who is we?

[bailedontheempire]

By danger I am referring to someone who had just killed dozens of children. And the person who had ordered it.

[Please let there be enough of him left to see why child murder forced their hands]

You didn't think I made that decision entirely on my own, did you?

[actualhumandisaster]

[ Dread is what's being carried over the amulet, and it takes Anakin a moment to respond. ]

Senator... All of this is news from the future for me. I partially know what's going to happen, but I don't know who's involved or why exactly and-

[ He trails off, not sure where to even go with this. But there is a conscious effort on his end to not let his emotions get the better of him. ]

I'm trying to understand, Senator. If I keep dwelling on scenarios and make up possible reasons I'm just driving myself mad.

[bailedontheempire]

I don't know why it happened. I was as shocked as anyone by what happened at the Jedi Temple. I just knew that Palpatine was involved. And that tif he could influence you to kill those children, no child was safe.

[actualhumandisaster]

I did it to save Padmé.

[ what's the point in hiding it now, anyway. ]

And our child. So we could be a family and live together... Do you know how it is to give up everything in hope of saving the one thing you care about the most only to learn that it is all about to backfire on you? I keep getting told that there's nothing I can do to change any of this. That Padmé will die and our children grow up hating or fearing me.

[ There's a flash of grief here. A deeply running sadness that carries a faint anger. ]

It's a terrible thing to be told.

[bailedontheempire]

It was difficult to watch. None of us wanted things to go the way they did.

[And it's sincere, it really is]

I don't know if there's anything you can do to change what happened, what will happen. But I have to do what's best for Leia.

[actualhumandisaster]

[ There's a silence here that lingers. A silence followed by a simple question. ]

What do you believe is best for her?

[ Anakin doesn't know her enough to even guess. Which really means to say that he doesn't know her at all, so his request for Bail's opinion is genuine. ]