"Don't. Whether to accept or not is her choice. I have made the offer. She must be the one to decide, without any outside influence."
Thrass vouching for him would go a long way, Altair imagined. But if he did, then if Altair ever did something to lose her faith, her trust in Thrass would also be weakened. Altair didn't think the two were close, exactly, but out of everyone in the galaxy, he imagined that Thrass would be the one she felt as though she could, if not rely on, at least talk to.
And Altair didn't want her to lose that when she'd lost everything else.
"Besides, she's seen very little of me. Who's to say I'm not exactly like how she imagines a Sith to be based on the stories she's heard. I might have no intention of turning her to the dark, but for me, the dark side is my shelter from all the galaxy may see fit to throw at me"
He wasn't a walking stereotype. But he carried the name and carried his titles with a not insignificant amount of pride. And while he wasn't entirely dark- rejected some parts of his heritage- he wasn't entirely light either, nor did he have any intention to be, when walking the line served him so well.
"That's a difficult thing for a young Jedi to experience though. I can sort of understand how she feels- my master tried to kill me, came as a total surprise to me at the time- but... Not exactly. With Sith, you always go into things expecting a certain amount of betrayal. It's different for Jedi. They rely on their masters in ways that Sith do not."
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Thrass vouching for him would go a long way, Altair imagined. But if he did, then if Altair ever did something to lose her faith, her trust in Thrass would also be weakened. Altair didn't think the two were close, exactly, but out of everyone in the galaxy, he imagined that Thrass would be the one she felt as though she could, if not rely on, at least talk to.
And Altair didn't want her to lose that when she'd lost everything else.
"Besides, she's seen very little of me. Who's to say I'm not exactly like how she imagines a Sith to be based on the stories she's heard. I might have no intention of turning her to the dark, but for me, the dark side is my shelter from all the galaxy may see fit to throw at me"
He wasn't a walking stereotype. But he carried the name and carried his titles with a not insignificant amount of pride. And while he wasn't entirely dark- rejected some parts of his heritage- he wasn't entirely light either, nor did he have any intention to be, when walking the line served him so well.
"That's a difficult thing for a young Jedi to experience though. I can sort of understand how she feels- my master tried to kill me, came as a total surprise to me at the time- but... Not exactly. With Sith, you always go into things expecting a certain amount of betrayal. It's different for Jedi. They rely on their masters in ways that Sith do not."