Quiet_Cool
Learning to Fly
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Marius
Daelon's fault?
How?
I looked around, clueless. Around me stood the other pilots, some I knew, but many I didn't. I didn't spend much time conversing with the squadrons. Jedi training had been the focus of my attention. As I met eyes with some of them, I felt like a stranger...and a fool.
Their eyes looked back with compassion, many understanding that I'd lost a friend, but many also knowing that I'd lost more than that. My life may have just come to a stop, here, on this starship with the loss of one person.
I wanted to shout at them to look another way, but I knew better. Their compassion could not be disrespected.
I'd lost one; they'd lost many more than that.
"My condolences," I announced, breaking the silence that had grown around me. "We've lost many today, some friends and some not, but all good of heart. May they be well-remembered for their brave sacrifices that we may live on."
A few nodded, a few spoke their agreement, but none acted against my words. Honor, I thought. In every heart among us.
I exited the hangar, hoping to find Daelon just outside the door but not being so lucky.
In the hall, I paused, reaching out across the stars with the force, hoping to catch some sign of her out there, breathing if not unharmed altogether.
Nothing; not even a lost thought floating around out there.
Moving through the corridors, I felt more alone than I could ever remember feeling before.
Daelon's fault?
How?
I looked around, clueless. Around me stood the other pilots, some I knew, but many I didn't. I didn't spend much time conversing with the squadrons. Jedi training had been the focus of my attention. As I met eyes with some of them, I felt like a stranger...and a fool.
Their eyes looked back with compassion, many understanding that I'd lost a friend, but many also knowing that I'd lost more than that. My life may have just come to a stop, here, on this starship with the loss of one person.
I wanted to shout at them to look another way, but I knew better. Their compassion could not be disrespected.
I'd lost one; they'd lost many more than that.
"My condolences," I announced, breaking the silence that had grown around me. "We've lost many today, some friends and some not, but all good of heart. May they be well-remembered for their brave sacrifices that we may live on."
A few nodded, a few spoke their agreement, but none acted against my words. Honor, I thought. In every heart among us.
I exited the hangar, hoping to find Daelon just outside the door but not being so lucky.
In the hall, I paused, reaching out across the stars with the force, hoping to catch some sign of her out there, breathing if not unharmed altogether.
Nothing; not even a lost thought floating around out there.
Moving through the corridors, I felt more alone than I could ever remember feeling before.