Private The Lighthouse

[Ashin Cardé Varanin]

"I think you know the answer to both of those questions, so what do you expect to hear from me?" Ashin said rhetorically. "For what it's worth, you're making significant strides. And growth isn't linear, weak to strong: your skillset will get some nuance as you get more experience. I'm not the Force practitioner I was twenty years ago, let alone forty when I was on the throne. Some of my core focus — shielding myself — is strong and ever stronger, certainly, but other skills have gone by the wayside. I used to consider myself a lightning specialist and a blademaster, but those days are long past. Think of it like...what muscles you exercise over the next year, decade, longer. We become what we choose to become."

She got up from her improvised stone chair and tilted her head toward the gap that had been the door.

"Come on, Mercy , let's get you back to the ship for some protein."