@[member="Aronis Vilgar"] @[member="Aurelic Vos Talen"]
Iella turned to Aurelic now as he spoke, she remained calm and focused as he spoke and giving him the manner to listen to him.
Freedom is power and passion. Freedom is eternal life and the choice of emotion. Something my masters taught me you Jedi lack. You're cold and ruthless, obsessed with bringing peace to the Galaxy at the cost of thousands of lives, a false democracy, and the destruction of emotions that make sentient beings who they are ...
... I despise what the Empire became... I detest the slavery and murder of thousands but it was my only path. A Jedi wouldn't understand freedom, its just not in your protocol.
Iella moved around the space for a moment thinking on his words, to a Sith yes they are what he has described but, she did not blame Aurelic, it is what he has only them known to be .. through the teaching of others. Yet he has not once questioned if the teachings of the Sith are true. That is a lack of freedom.
"Freedom does not exist Aurelic. Not in the way you describe it. Regardless of whether you are Sith or Jedi, regardless of whether you are good or bad, or just your every day citizen, freedom does not exist. All of us are dictated to by conventions placed upon by others. The Sith have their set rules by which you need to regulate yourself, their rules to govern your behaviour ... as do the Jedi. The citizen in the galaxy going about his or her daily life has rules to follow, in order to keep chaos at bay. We are ruled by law, by social standards, by politics even by our families, their expectations of how we should be", she paused. "No Aurelic, true freedom does not exist".
She stood closer to his holding cell now and considered him a little. "You speak of freedom like the Sith know what it is, then you tell me you detest slavery and murder that the empire has commented, do you not know that this IS what they think freedom is? they believe that by subjugation or oppression of people that they are bring peace to them, and how do the Sith get this peace? by removing other's rights to it, in order to rule over them". She walked away shaking her head. "All political systems have their faults the Republic is no exception, but one thing we do NOT do .. is enslave people, murder people, oppress them to bend to our will. We do provide the means to live a safer life, but yes rules are in place, like I said .. in order for chaos not to reign, if that happened no one would have the hope of peace".
Iella offered Aurelic a smile. "I am not going to tell you how wrong you are about Jedi and emotions, that would simply take up to much time and I have talked to much already, but I can show if you will permit it? I will not intrude on you with out your permission". She is of course referring to using the force to send him a taste of what exactly a Jedi feels. "You speak about us, the Jedi, as if you know about us, but you don't. I offer you this chance to find out and to learn .. I am not asking you to join us but to not go around in ignorance and speak about something you know nothing of".