JUHANI:

Forgiveness for forgiveness...understanding for understanding.

Revan has saved my soul three times - once by freeing me from slavery, another by freeing me from my self-imposed prison, and yet again by aiding me in resisting the Darkness's pull when confronted with my former would-be owner. How strange that a fallen one such as she was the one who drew me back into the light, and how appropriate. Another reminder of the truth and balance present in the living Force.

You look to me for forgiveness, sister Jedi, but I can fault you for nothing.

I can only imagine how Revan began her descent. Perhaps it was the best of intentions - for they always lead to consequences unforeseen. The Republic turned their backs on the suffering of trillions. We are creatures of justice and tools of the Force. I know too well how injustice can make the blood burn - even for those such as ourselves...especially for those like ourselves.

I also know the pull and intensity of the Darkness - how it at first fills you with power, only to twist you in body and soul until you hate the entire universe, and yourself most of all. I drowned in it when I struck Quatra in fury, and retreated to the grove where I had hoped that by reveling in my despair that I would somehow become the creature I thought I was. I can only guess that something similar had happened on her quest, but far more slowly - a slow sacrifice of one's faith and self until a bitter shell remains, with the heart and mind in such pain that all one desires is to make the universe itself shriek with the same agony.

Bastila's greatest folly is that she believes herself beyond it. Malak will use that, and I fear the worst for her.

The battles ahead may indeed be too much for Seeira alone, and Revan's dark hands may yet pull her from us, back into the darkness of what she was. I cannot abandon her now to the sea of evil that surrounds and tempts us with its siren call of sorrow and hopelessness. We will aid each other, Seeria. Together we may be strong enough to see the way.

But if it is not enough, I will grant her a most terrible mercy - one that may destroy me in the bargain. For now, there is only a dim hope, but it is light regardless.