Ultimately, though, Vern’s dislike of him didn’t matter, any more than the fact that Avar Kriss did like him very much. All of that needed to fade away. They were all Jedi, nothing more, nothing less. Ties of emotion, history, and duty connected and strengthened everyone in the chamber. They had fought together, studied together, loved and lost together. Strands of obligation and memory and expectation and shared experience swirled through the room.
