[Scout's recognized the sword and...okay, 17 Wisdom.]
[Scout conquers the urge to sideye the man besides her and speaks too quietly for her voice to carry far. She gets most of it right but slips up on "I shall never lie, and shall remain faithful to my pledged word", saying instead the Jedi Order's remarkably similar "I will practice honesty and honor my promises." It's a slip she won't notice until later; she's focused on the moment.
After everything, it hurts to say these things. It hurts to reveal again the essential part of her that she's had to hide to survive. It hurts to do that, knowing that this is as close as she'll ever come to ever seeing the Order she loves so dearly. It hurts.
So even though she controls her voice and face so neither crack, and she doesn't burst into tears, Scout's eyes are overbright and her expression is frozen.]
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[Scout conquers the urge to sideye the man besides her and speaks too quietly for her voice to carry far. She gets most of it right but slips up on "I shall never lie, and shall remain faithful to my pledged word", saying instead the Jedi Order's remarkably similar "I will practice honesty and honor my promises." It's a slip she won't notice until later; she's focused on the moment.
After everything, it hurts to say these things. It hurts to reveal again the essential part of her that she's had to hide to survive. It hurts to do that, knowing that this is as close as she'll ever come to ever seeing the Order she loves so dearly. It hurts.
So even though she controls her voice and face so neither crack, and she doesn't burst into tears, Scout's eyes are overbright and her expression is frozen.]