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Luke does understand where he's coming from, and he's thought the same thing many times before, but it's a complicated issue and people are often too stupid or stubborn for their own good and arguing with them often just ends up going on circles... or worse.
"Why resort to a tactic that would likely end in argument, possibly violence, when there's a peaceful solution available?"
"It wouldn't end up in violence. An argument doesn't have to escalate like that," he returned stubbornly. "Peace should be obtained without coercion. Through compromise. Forcing your will on another like that is wrong. I can understand it in some situations. But this was just a dishonest merchant. I could handle that, even if it did start as argument."
Again, Luke seems to be expecting this response. He turns partially away from Wan. "Peace isn't that simple."
Luke would know all about that, having just come from a decades-long struggle to regain peace. Many people died, families were torn apart, entire planets were utterly destroyed. There are people he loved that he'll never see again... for peace. Peace often doesn't mean what people think it means, though that's not easy to explain.
He then turns back to face Wan, looking somewhat carelessly amused. He's been through this discussion a million times. "You would still be arguing with him right now."
Oh if only Luke knew he was talking to the man whose soul was literally bonded to the Spirit of Light and Peace. Wan was well aware that peace wasn't that simple. He was deeply, painfully aware of it. He'd lost everyone he thought of as family at the hands of others who he still called friends because they could not come to a peaceful solution before the embodiment of Darkness and Chaos pushed things too far.
"Probably," he said with a dismissive shrug, "But that would be both his choice and my choice. There is give and take without subverting another's will for something so petty. It's just money. In the end if it's that important to him that he might seek violence against me for arguing, then it's not worth holding onto. And it's my choice to walk away or not. But the fact is you didn't give me a chance to even try and change his mind."
Luke's grown past the point of dividing things into 'petty' and 'important'. It's all the same to him and he had been doing the guy a favor. Oh well, not everyone is always going to be grateful for his help, and some are even going to find it wrong. It's sometimes the fate of a Jedi to aid without thanks or recognition. It's also the burden of a Jedi to carry such a power, learn how to use it, and then be criticized or even feared by those who don't understand it.
Even as Wan is still talking Luke looks away, seems to be thinking about something else. This is why he usually doesn't tell people of his powers. They often think he has too much. If Wan only knew what else he could do... Then he smiles at Wan, nods to him, and turns to walk away. "Enjoy your day."
"You could at least apologize!" Wan called out in frustration, but he didn't expect whoever that guy was to do so. From what Wan could see, all he cared about was feeling like he was in the right. The man clearly had expected Wan to be thankful for the 'help'. And at one point in his life, Wan probably would have. That was a while ago, another lifetime practically.
After another moment, Wan took a deep breath and the anger that had been building drained out of him. Quickly, gently, like it had never existed at all. What was done, was done and in this case, he didn't expect he'd be able to change the man's mind about how he used his power. There was no use holding onto the emotion.
Instead he turned his attention back to what he'd been planning to do with the eight loaves of bread he'd just bought: break them up and feed them to the few birds brave enough to gather at the edge of the market. He didn't even care that it might look strange for him to sit down right there and start passing out the newly-made crumbs to the animals. And he didn't notice the odd looks the Kedan gave him as they walked by. He was just a happy foreigner happily throwing his food away.
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"Why resort to a tactic that would likely end in argument, possibly violence, when there's a peaceful solution available?"
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Luke would know all about that, having just come from a decades-long struggle to regain peace. Many people died, families were torn apart, entire planets were utterly destroyed. There are people he loved that he'll never see again... for peace. Peace often doesn't mean what people think it means, though that's not easy to explain.
He then turns back to face Wan, looking somewhat carelessly amused. He's been through this discussion a million times. "You would still be arguing with him right now."
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"Probably," he said with a dismissive shrug, "But that would be both his choice and my choice. There is give and take without subverting another's will for something so petty. It's just money. In the end if it's that important to him that he might seek violence against me for arguing, then it's not worth holding onto. And it's my choice to walk away or not. But the fact is you didn't give me a chance to even try and change his mind."
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Even as Wan is still talking Luke looks away, seems to be thinking about something else. This is why he usually doesn't tell people of his powers. They often think he has too much. If Wan only knew what else he could do... Then he smiles at Wan, nods to him, and turns to walk away. "Enjoy your day."
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After another moment, Wan took a deep breath and the anger that had been building drained out of him. Quickly, gently, like it had never existed at all. What was done, was done and in this case, he didn't expect he'd be able to change the man's mind about how he used his power. There was no use holding onto the emotion.
Instead he turned his attention back to what he'd been planning to do with the eight loaves of bread he'd just bought: break them up and feed them to the few birds brave enough to gather at the edge of the market. He didn't even care that it might look strange for him to sit down right there and start passing out the newly-made crumbs to the animals. And he didn't notice the odd looks the Kedan gave him as they walked by. He was just a happy foreigner happily throwing his food away.