The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
The slave who dreamed of freedom feared nothing for himself.
When you can see it coming, you can avoid most anything.
But then the Jedi came and carried him away;
He was free, he was strong, he was afraid of nothing.
Still, Yoda sensed the fear he carried hidden deep inside—
Compassion is a Jedi trait, yet not fear for others—
He told him he was not afraid, he thought he didn't lie;
He feared not for himself, you see; his fear was for his mother.
Fear leads to anger...
A/N: Written for the first prompt for the RLt Green Room 2013. "write a series of drabbles or flash fiction pieces that together tell a larger story. Bonus points if your drabbles are written out of chronological order/follow a nonlinear timeline, or if they aren't plot-compliant with each other but still tell a cohesive story (by sharing the same theme, etc.). The drabbles/flash fictions should each be between 100 and 400 words long."
