Taking A Ni

[Akirapryde]

He slowly walked over to her and rested a gentle hand on her back, "your right," he said softly. "People do die." He drew in a deep breath and sighed heavily. "I left the Jedi because I didn't listen to my own personal code."Once more he paused. "It was just a few months before I was to graduate as a Investigator. Hell I was on track to become the youngest Jedi to led a Hunter Squad. My brother and I were prodigies at it. But what would expect from the great Saar family. A Millenia worth of Lawmen and women."

He turned and leaned up against the speeder, "we were on this industrial World in the Colonies. We tracked down our man. He was working with some local criminals. We hated them over to the local authorities. We hung around for the trial. I noticed that one of the witness were lying. My Master did that it wasn't an issue for the Jedi, and that we shouldn't be involved. It was wrong. That night I broken in to the witnesses house and found out why he was lying. One of the defendants were suspected in murdering his wife."

He slipped down till he was sitting next to the speeder, "I understood what the man was going through. Or at least I thought I did. I used my power to affect his mind to make sure that his lies wouldn't be detected again. The next day he was cross examined and the defense couldn't break his lie. The criminals were found guilty and that was the end of it. Or so I thought. On the way home, I learned that another mother was murdered. Everything was the same. It was the same guy that murdered the witness' wife. Because of that, doubt was cast on our case and all of the defendants were set free. Free to commit crime again."

He kicked the gravel, "I was so ashamed of what I had done. I couldn't believe arrogance. When we got back to Coruscant, I dropped my bags off in my room. I didn't even think, I was just numb from what I had done. I turned around and walked out of the temple with the robes on my back," he slipped his Lightsaber off his belt and held it up for her to see. "And my saber. I never looked back. I learned that week that there is no short cut to honest police work. Sure we might take longer to get him, but I know we will get our man." He slowly picked himself up from the ground and turned to look at her.