"No, but if your leg has gone necrotic and it's about to take the rest of you with it, even a doctor will suggest taking the extreme course of action," Kanan countered, frowning. "I know it isn't any one thing. I understand that the Force is more complicated than that. At the time, I was just doing what I thought I needed to do in order to live to see another day. And at the time, it worked."
There was a 'but,' there. There always was. He didn't voice it, that fear that cutting it away had saved him then, but was costing him something now. Instead, he went at it a bit sideways.
"I was only a Padawan, Master Kenobi. Whatever the Force is to you... it wasn't that, to me. It could have been. I was even on my way to really understanding the relationship I was meant to have with it, myself. But I was no Knight."
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Date: 2016-07-20 10:58 pm (UTC)There was a 'but,' there. There always was. He didn't voice it, that fear that cutting it away had saved him then, but was costing him something now. Instead, he went at it a bit sideways.
"I was only a Padawan, Master Kenobi. Whatever the Force is to you... it wasn't that, to me. It could have been. I was even on my way to really understanding the relationship I was meant to have with it, myself. But I was no Knight."