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Unfortunately I cannot say that I am either. Without Leia or Finn, I'm not sure any of us are.

But if I can help, I will. How do things stand, currently?

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[vanto]

Then there is nothing to do besides screaming ineffectively in his direction.

Frankly, I'm not sure. I already spoke with two close friends of his in hopes they'll talk some sense but now I wish to stay out of it. As much as possible.

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[functusofficio]

I do not think screaming will be effective in any way. At best, calm talk might help, but that remains to be seen.

He seems very lost without them both, from what I can see. It is hard to watch.

That is understandable. It is difficult to be a neutral party, as you have tried to be.

How are you yourself doing, Eli?

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[vanto]

There were attempts to talk calmly too and nothing sank in so.

Yeah, Poe and I aren't close the way he is with others but I care and I don't want to see him like this. Or see the effect this has on other people around.

I'm fine. Yourself? Would you consider yourself a neutral party too, Senator?

[functusofficio]

Unfortunately. Perhaps we'll still be able to get through to him.

It is unsettling to watch, I admit.

I am as neutral as I can be. There are some actions I cannot condone and will never accept, but for the sake of my grandson and the ties of family I can maintain the truce and civility. It is not an easy tightrope, though, as I'm sure you yourself have found.

[vanto]

There are a lot of things that cannot be condone that have enacted by people we might care for or like, but I'd like to hope that here they can have a second chance and do better.

In a way, I don't believe that we can stay neutral forever given what we have here now.

[functusofficio]

That is what I also hope for, though part of my criteria for that is their level of remorse for what they have done.

Hux has bragged to me and to others about destroying an entire star system, so while I will accept him for the sake of Kylo and my hope to see him change course, I will not trust him easily. That many lives is not a small matter. Dooku has shown me nothing to indicate he has changed his ways, and has in fact only reinforced the crimes he committed in our world with those he has committed here.

Kylo has shown me genuine conflict and difficulty over the terrible things he has done, and has also actively sought to keep the peace here. Anakin comes from before when he has destroyed Alderaan, and he is still not fallen far enough that it does not horrify him and make him wish to fix what he has done in the future here.

I disagree with you, though. I do not have to like people to remain on neutral ground with them. I do not have to agree with everything they have done to speak to them. I have been in politics for a very long time, Vanto. The essence of it is precisely that.

Did you ever hear of Mina Bonteri? I know her son Lux had some standing after her death, but I hope she was also known of during the Clone Wars.