Fate of the Jedi - Abyss by Troy Denning

Author:Troy Denning [Denning, Troy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2010-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

"From extinction?" Luke felt like he had been hit in the stomach with a Stokhli spray stick. Was that how their problems with Daala were going to end? Or were the delusions going to wipe them out? "Have you seen that?"

Ryontarr nodded. "I'm sorry."

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"How does it happen?" Luke asked. "The extinction, I mean."

"It has already happened," Feryl said. He pointed a bony finger past Luke, toward the fountain. "Drink. It is the only way to save your Order."

Luke frowned in confusion-until he recalled that time did not exist beyond shadows. Of course, that didn't mean that the Jedi were safe. Far from it, with young Jedi going mad and Daala determined to bring the Order itself to heel. Given all that, extinction seemed like a real possibility sooner rather than later.

Luke turned to study the fountain. He could feel its dark power swirling around him, inviting him to use it to save what he had spent a lifetime building, what he loved more than life itself. And he was tempted, just as every man was when he saw an easy way out of a desperate situation. All he need do was return to the basin, stick his head into the dark geyser, and drink of those poison waters.

But even if Luke were willing to corrupt himself, he wouldn't be saving the Order. He would only be making it dependent on his own strength, and that was no more a formula for building a strong organization than it was for raising a healthy child. If he wanted the Order to survive him, he had to let it strengthen itself by going through this struggle without him-just as he had to let Ben make his own mistakes, if Ben was going to develop the wisdom to lead the Order after Luke was gone.

When Luke did not return to the fountain, Ryontarr asked, "What are you waiting for, Master Skywalker? Surely you want to save the Jedi Order?"

"Of course I do," Luke said, spinning on the Gotal. "But you and I both know I won't do that by drinking from this fountain."

"Then how will you save it?" Feryl pressed.

"I won't," Luke said. "The Order is strong enough to save itself."

Ryontarr and Feryl exchanged glances, obviously disappointed in Luke's decision.

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