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[hadthehighground]

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[offtracks]

I had...thought the book was Emmet attempting to communicate something about himself.

[Ingo did, admittedly, see several of his own behaviors and habits in there. But - well, he's trying to be less self-centered; he didn't need to make it all about himself again. That way of putting it is helpful, though. He might not have come up with the wording himself, but part of his objection at this being a long-term care situation was just his surprise at finding himself in a role that he genuinely hadn't realized he was apparently signing up for.]

I admit, I had thought "Jedi" was something like the term "psychic". There are some of those back home, though it's an uncommon ability. But it seems to be a sort of job title?

[ezra_of_lothal]

[Ezra gaze darts to Obi-Wan, feeling a little awkward about trying to define 'Jedi', when a Jedi Master - his former master - was right there. But Ezra seems to have made some sort of progress in communicating, at least for the moment, so...]

It's complicated. All Jedi are at least a little psychic, yes. It's a very uncommon ability, on most planets, in our galaxy. And - historically where we're from, for most people, if you met a psychic with much training, they were probably going to be a Jedi, so sometimes people talk like the terms are equivalent.

For us - [He nods towards Obi-Wan.] It's a philosophy, a culture, a way of life, and yes a job, but more...a vocation. We feel called to use our abilities to help people.

[offtracks]

Oh, I see. I hadn't realized.

[Ingo knows he probably doesn't really see, but at least he gets the gist. It's a little more like a society of psychics, who all join together to do...whatever it is they do. Helping people in whatever way, evidently.]

[hadthehighground]

It never felt like a good time to really explain.

[What with Ingo being in the state he had been while with them and all.]

[offtracks]

[Shrug. That’s fair.]

Well, I ought to have asked!