B E N E V O L E N C E [Luke Skywalker]

ᵂ ᴴ ᴬ ᵀ ᴿ ᴵ ᴳ ᴴ ᵀ ᴰ ᴼ ᵞ ᴼ ᵁ ᴴ ᴬ ᵛ ᴱ ?

She was trying to deflect his attention, he knew, trying to turn his thoughts away from the horror he'd just witnessed. Sympathy from Mara was a new experience all by itself; but neither words nor sympathy had a puddles chance of soothing over the guilt and anger rising in his throat like a twisted sand-devil. "It's not all right," he snapped back at her. "I knew it was dangerous- I could have stopped him. I should have stopped him."

"How?" Mara countered. "I mean, sure, you could have used the Force to pin him to the ceiling. But what right would you have had to do something like that?"

"What do you mean, what right?" Luke bit out. "I was the one in charge here. Their safety was my responsibility."

"Oh come on," Mara said, the sympathy still there but with a tinge of scorn around the edges now.

. . .

"If you want to start feeling guilty about mistakes, start with the ones that were actually your fault."