Han fell asleep almost right away the next night. He was in the clearing again.

"Hello, Han."

He turned and greeted his father.

The two sat down.

"What do you want to talk about tonight?"

"How and why did you turn?"

Dooku paused.

"I didn't think you'd ask that so soon."

Another man appeared. He was tall like Dooku, dressed like Ben Kenobi had been, had a beard, and long brown but graying hair. His blue eyes were kind, and he sat beside Dooku.

"Hello, Han. I am Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. I was Master Dooku's first apprentice."

"Hello."

Dooku looked at his son.

"You could say it was Qui-Gon, or rather Qui-Gon's death, that finally pushed me to leave to the Jedi Order."

"Don't blame me again."

"I'm not blaming you. I'm blaming the Council, again."

Qui-Gon gave him a look.

"Like they knew I was going to die."

"They should have sent help."

"Uh, guys. I'm still here."

They turned.

"Sorry, son. Anyway, Qui-Gon was like a son to me. When he died, I had nothing to tie me down to the Jedi, and I felt betrayed by the Council. So I left."

"I do have a question. Why didn't you ever see Master Dooku's bust among the Lost Twenty?"

"There are only six busts, the others were broken in Order 66. His was one of the broken ones."

Dooku nodded.

"Anakin, uh, Vader most likely broke it himself."

"Don't blame him either."

"For what? Doing something he probably would do?"

Qui-Gon pondered that for a moment then sighed.

"Fine."

"Anyway, I left the Order and soon met Chancellor, or Emperor, Palpatine. He 'befriended' me and revealed that he was the Sith Master. By that time, the Darkside had taken hold of me through my anger at the Jedi Council and my grief and sorrow from Qui-Gon's death, and I was trapped. You see, the Darkside consumes you."
"But Vader turned Good."

"Vader turned to the Darkside originally due to his love for Senator Padme Amidala and his desire to save her, and his love for her remained, though overpowered by his hatred of himself for his choice. He longed all those years since to find his child, or rather children, and try to remedy his mistakes. He still loved Padme, which, in turn, allowed him to love Luke, and Luke's merciful love for him is what brought him back to the Light and allowed him to change and fullfil his destiny. Those whom I loved and loved me were gone, aside from you and your mother, but you were unaware of my choice and fall. Unlike Vader, I did not turn, so to speak, I fell and turned when I was already trapped. Vader turned then fell farther. I fell then willingly turned, though I bitterly regret it."

Qui-Gon put a hand on his old Master's shoulder.

"Good things came out of it. You brought Anakin and Padme together, which brought about the birth of Luke and Leia, and while recovering from a prite attack while on your way to meet a Separatist contact set up by Sidious, you were cared and fell for Jaina, which brought about the birth of Han."

Dooku smiled.

"Yes, that's true.'

He looked at his son.

"There's not really anything else to my fall or much else to explain about Vader, but I needed to use him as an example of turning then falling."

Han nodded, and Qui-Gon disappeared. Dooku rose, as did Han.

"Time to wake up now, son. I'll see you tomorrow night."

"All right."

Dooku kissed the young man's forehead.

"Wake up, Han," he whispered.

Han started away and smiled. He had gotten a lot of insight, and he planned to use it whenever he had to.