"That's the part I've never been able to understand," she admitted. "Obi-Wan talks about the Jedi as being a loving group of people. But when he says that attachments aren't allowed. It...doesn't make a lot of sense to me."

He'd explained it again and again. It just felt...completely anathema. A part of her wondered if that was because she was Alastrian and an Alastrian was defined by her attachments.

Another part wondered if it was just a broken system. Which she realized was a judgmental thing to say, so she kept it to herself. Even as her doubts grew larger and her irritation transitioned to anger.

She took a sip of the hot chocolate and felt better.

"How do you go about protecting a society if you're not a part of it? I'll never understand."