led back to Light
"Hold up, brother."
A voice called out to Connel as he walked down the hall, as the Jedi who had gathered outside of the council chamber to support Cerys Dyn dispersed.
Rix jogged a few strides to catch up with the Shadow, then eased his pace back to a walk. "Knight Rix Braji," he introduced before offering his hand for a firm, friendly shake.
"Do you have some time to sate my curiosity?" he asked. "I'd like to know more about your take on redemption—what you've learned, what you've come to yourself."
Though Efret had spoken often during her visitations to him in prison about redemption, something he had slowly come to want desperately, he still found the concept amorphous, and thus understanding elusive. The one thing Rix knew for certain was that redemption was a process rather than a single accomplishment to be completed. He might be committed to the idea now, and he was, but the first challenge would be to sustain that interest.
The only way to do that was making one decision aligned with the man he wanted to be followed by another, on and on for as long as it took to cement real spiritual change.
One of those first choices would be interviewing his fellow Jedi about anything and everything, not just redemption. That might help him directly to blaze his path, of course, but it would also benefit him generally. Once he started working with Master Farr years ago, her unique level of tolerance, even for a Jedi Master, quickly began to rub off on a younger Rix. But then the Lightsworn's teachings turned him against it and against her.
He wanted to get back to baseline now that he was deprogrammed. Asking questions and really listening to their answers was the best way to accomplish that.
Perhaps the only one.
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