And he'd always tried to answer serious questions from Obi-Wan as honestly as he could, hadn't he? He doesn't like the idea of doing any differently, now.
But what parts of the truth to start with? He takes a slow sip of water, like he tries to work that out.
"I wasn't raised in the Temple on Coruscant. I saw the warning you sent out, long after, when I stumbled my way into opening a holocron I'd stolen. Not that I had any idea what it was, or even had a word for the Force, before that moment. But the man I'd stolen it from was Temple raised. That message had saved him. As I said, I'd been on my own; he and the crew he was part of took me in. I got a new family, one bigger than I really understood, at first."
Another short ship of water, and he adds, "I am a Jedi, like my masters before me."
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But what parts of the truth to start with? He takes a slow sip of water, like he tries to work that out.
"I wasn't raised in the Temple on Coruscant. I saw the warning you sent out, long after, when I stumbled my way into opening a holocron I'd stolen. Not that I had any idea what it was, or even had a word for the Force, before that moment. But the man I'd stolen it from was Temple raised. That message had saved him. As I said, I'd been on my own; he and the crew he was part of took me in. I got a new family, one bigger than I really understood, at first."
Another short ship of water, and he adds, "I am a Jedi, like my masters before me."