[What? Did he think she'd never get upset about that? Tatooine is literally the last place she'd leave one of her children. Understandable or not, it's a horrible truth she hasn't wanted to think about.]
Oh, I understand the wisdom in the choice, in light of circumstances. It doesn't mean I have to like it, Luke.
[It's strange to talk about her past like this, but she enjoys it as well. It may be the only chance they have.]
Oh, yes, he was nine and I was fourteen at the time. From what I understand, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon had to make the Order take him since he was much older than most of the children that the Jedi took into the temple.
[She swallows harshly, unable to speak for a minute.]
Had things ended up differently, your sister and you would have been taken to the temple before you were a year old and I wouldn't have had much contact with you. They never encouraged attachments.
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Oh, I understand the wisdom in the choice, in light of circumstances. It doesn't mean I have to like it, Luke.
[It's strange to talk about her past like this, but she enjoys it as well. It may be the only chance they have.]
Oh, yes, he was nine and I was fourteen at the time. From what I understand, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon had to make the Order take him since he was much older than most of the children that the Jedi took into the temple.
[She swallows harshly, unable to speak for a minute.]
Had things ended up differently, your sister and you would have been taken to the temple before you were a year old and I wouldn't have had much contact with you. They never encouraged attachments.