Would stare the rolling robot as he blinked at it a few times, looking up the document in question and reading it out loud. Swiping through the electronics, he would mutter a few things to himself and gently scratch at his chin. After a few minutes of reading, he would move his datapad to angle to where the camera can record him and the Droid, thinking to himself as he stared up at the storefront sign. Tapping his foot, he would lean his head down and touch at his own chest.
"Peace is a Lie, there is only Passion. Through Passion I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory, I break my Chains. The Force shall free me. Probably did not see that one coming huh? A person whose government denies the thought of the Dark Side of the Force. A Facist Government thats mission is to eradicate the Dark Side...to burn it out. Well let me say this...it is so wrong on multiple levels, it is no longer funny."
Getting up slowly, he would look over at the Droid from a distance, kneeling over slowly so it could record every bit of his conversation. His dull green eyes staring into the receptor of the Droid as he spoke his mind, wanting it off his chest at last.
"Let me start this by saying that the entire Imperium made me forgo that code. For a very long time, that was all I believed in...peace being a lie. Every Jedi I met, attempted to either kill me or was one that refused to see anything but themselves, an absolute or those of a Grey Jedi which are not a Jedi...just someone undecided."
"Yet in all my years living, I never met a Jedi like the Imperiums until a month ago. Not only that, one who would sit and listen to what I have to say. At any point, they could have drawn their blade, at any moment, they could have used the Being a Jedi card to justify any action. Instead, I did not see that occur, not did they strike me down when they had even the best chances on their side. Me laying, burnt half to a crisp and telling what I have done."
"Yet...they did not. They took the time to understand what I myself have been through. Loss, suffering, broken thoughts that all Jedi were the ones that was wrong in this Galaxy. They refused to let my judgement upon myself stand, to be thought as unredeemable. Instead, they showed me the Light and spoke that all men and women have a chance to be something more. Instead of granting me Death I so wished...they gave me hope in my own Life."
"My own experience with them is different from where I used to hail from I had to carry a citizenship card, was a Class C citizen alien where I had almost no rights with Humans having the most of their privledges. It is not that way within the Imperium, I am equal. Where I hailed, parades of their Emperor would go all along the streets with public executions to keep people in line! Not in the Imperium, no parade for one man, an entire nation's banner is hailed, given the right treatment with everyone that can voice if they like their government or not, without repurcussions!"
"I used to hide what I believed in, the worship of my ancestors. Having it kept in a small box, pictures of my loved ones long gone and those caught, would have theirs burned and whipped in public. Not in the Imperium, their religion while what they believe is their model, still holds right to all those who wish to practice what they believe in, save for the Dark Side. I can worship those I lost in peace, no longer in fear."
"Is it led my one leader? Yes, the man who gave my life a second chance,
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, a man I deeply respect. I do not see him as a dictator, abusing his power but of a man who must do what is right. Many Jedi Masters in the past had to do things most others would find unpleasant...sometimes an entire order goes extinct and one must become their own Master. Perhaps the government becomes so corrupt, those of the Jedi must step in to restore order till the people are ready to hold it again. Or the worst case...there is no choice but to rise up among the Galaxies most terrifying for to date."
"All the Jedi I seen rushes into Danger, ready to fight. That is not a Jedi, for the moment they take out their lightsaber, they forgo all notions for peace after that moment. They failed themselves as a Jedi when a peaceful solution is present and why I see most of them as not a Jedi. Grayson is a Jedi...and the other Jedi follow that to a certain point, but no one like Grayson. Is he perfect? No one is and I am far from perfect myself."
"He leads because the Galaxy faces a threat unlike any we seen in thousands of years...and I know when a war is starting to form. If not him, would you rather have warlords fight and kill more people? I kept myself out of conflict for a long time and I see now that some day, we may no longer have that option. It is time to prepare for the worst case scenario, much as no one wants to see it. So to Mishel Kryze from a very old man...start opening your eyes to the events around you and learn what is buried to find the truth. Thank you for your time, I will look elsewhere or buy my materials from someone else."
As he walked away, he would pick his datapad to stop recording and pocket it. Looking back at the hand scanner then at the Droid, he would stretch his left hand and wrinkle it strangely towards the receptor, letting the metal be heard from it as there was no real print used for it, it was synthetic. Opening the door, he would exit onto the many streets and blend in, knowing he has a lot of thinking to do over what he discussed...some days, talking to yourself is the best way to think, even if he just rambled towards a ball droid.