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[forcebonded]

Question for the class.

[The thing about building a swoop bike is that you need a decent space to work in, and to build and stock up a workshop you need supplies, and when the supplies are whatever scrap you can rustle up... well, if there's anything Revan likes, it's a challenge.]

[The feed shows a grimy, very dusty Jedi, sitting on... imagine someone took a motorcycle, stripped it down to its bare essentials, ditched the wheels, and screwed on a couple of flimsy-looking stabilizer foils for good measure. Even in this stripped-down state, it's clearly missing many vital parts. Like an engine. Won't be running any time soon. Revan has an... introspective expression on her face. Looks like she's pulled an all-nighter at the med bay.]

Let's say you've done some nasty stuff in the past. Back when you were young and stupid and thought you were going to change the world. And it... only recently hit you how bad things really got.

Not specifying what, exactly; what counts as "bad"'s gonna be different wherever you come from.

Now, my question is, what do you do about that?

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[forcebonded]

Heh. Forgetting isn't the problem here.

What if you don't know why you did it? Could be going down the same path all over again and not even know it.

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[sword_redemption]

Well, then I guess the question is, is the issue what you did or why you did it? Because if it's what you did, then that's easy enough to just...not do again.

The other? [A shrug. He's right there with Revan, then.]

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[forcebonded]

Both. I guess. Just can't shake the feeling that I had a good reason for it at the time. It's easy to think I went temporarily insane, but...

Heck, maybe coming here was the best thing that could've happened. Fresh start.

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[sword_redemption]

That's...before I came here I would have said that's impossible or an excuse.

[Now, he's not so sure.]

It can be. But the past has a way of staying with you, even if others are willing to give you a chance.

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[forcebonded]

Live and learn. [A pause, then in a less sour tone,] Sorry. it's been a long night and tact is the first thing to go.

Speaking from experience?

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[sword_redemption]

[A shrug. He's been insulted worse.]

It's a lot different here. The rules, everything. At least from the Cybertron I know.

You could say that. You're lucky if there's no one here to throw your past at you.

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[forcebonded]

[it's the principle of the thing.]

Must be way more jarring for you. For me, it's just another alien planet; for the rest of you... [waves a hand vaguely.]

No one from my time, but there's someone here who remembers things differently, like... another version of me. Or he was winding me up. Haven't figured that one out yet.

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[sword_redemption]

Oh I've seen lots of planets. Mostly during the war. Just nothing like this. Magic, or something like it.

[The closest he's ever seen.]

Is he from a different version of your world? There are lots of different Cybertrons represented here. The Blurr here is not the one I know. His memories are different, too.

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[forcebonded]

I've seen some old temples, old ruins that felt a little like this. Nothing so... vast.

I didn't think of that. Part of me thought, maybe people at home got the facts wrong somehow. [Hold on.] If that's a possibility... Are there duplicates of people here?

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[sword_redemption]

So you've felt it before, too?

[He nods.] I've seen three different mechs who call themselves Perceptor. Only one is from my world.