“I never said it was, Anakin,” Siri told him, voice calm, but coloured with weariness. “It’s just not the path I feel I can take in this instance.” She wouldn’t – couldn’t allow herself to take the easy way. Not for this. Avoiding Anakin, letting him quiet his presence in the Force for her, would only let things fester. And that would make things worse.
“Yes. I want to.” It wasn’t a skill she had known about when she was alive, and learning it now... well, it seemed the proper thing to do. And perhaps it would help her find her way back to some sort of balance, this falling into somewhat familiar habits. Calm often eluded her, now, even during meditation.