He knew the Jedi took children when they were young- Yoda had said so when before he trained Luke, after all -but Ashoka was just... so much younger than he imagined and that she had been far younger when she was taken from her family and home and had been fighting a war, watching people die around her and Luke had to wonder where her childhood went.
Optimus, Scarab: wonder
He'd have to remember to apologize to the human later, but Optimus Prime couldn't himself, communicating with the tech in the boy's back through frequencies far beyond human capabilities, fascinated as it explained how it became self-aware and rejected the Reach's programming.
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Date: 2010-05-25 05:33 am (UTC)Ashoka, Luke: the other side
He knew the Jedi took children when they were young- Yoda had said so when before he trained Luke, after all -but Ashoka was just... so much younger than he imagined and that she had been far younger when she was taken from her family and home and had been fighting a war, watching people die around her and Luke had to wonder where her childhood went.
Optimus, Scarab: wonder
He'd have to remember to apologize to the human later, but Optimus Prime couldn't himself, communicating with the tech in the boy's back through frequencies far beyond human capabilities, fascinated as it explained how it became self-aware and rejected the Reach's programming.