Kenobi要求同Yoda同Mace Windu兩個單獨會面,因為只有佢兩個Kenobi係絕對信任。佢簡單咁講述咗兩次任務發生嘅事,同埋佢心入面嘅懷疑。「無實質證據證明有消息洩露,」Kenobi總結。「有可能係巧合,又或者只係Dooku防備Vos嘅手段。」
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「查清楚,我哋一定要,」Yoda講。「做得好啱,Obi-Wan,你搵我哋傾,呢個決定。」
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「成件事有啲唔妥,」Windu講。「我諗唔止係巧合咁簡單。」佢皺一皺眉。「我擔心有機會Vos仲未好得返曬。我之前已經講過,佢唔適合咁快再上戰場。」
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「Vos?」Kenobi驚呼。「恕我直言,Windu大師,我覺得你唔應該一下子就跳到去呢個結論。我見唔到,亦感受唔到有啲咩可以證實呢個假設。以我識佢咁耐,佢唔似係咁嘅人。」
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「Kenobi大師,我都係講事實,」Wind打斷Kenobi。「就係因為你識佢咁耐,我怕你被自己嘅感情蒙蔽咗。」
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「我親眼見到Dooku對佢做過啲咩,」Kenobi以克制嘅語氣講,「唔通你覺得我都走漏眼?」
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「我哋睇返事實。呢啲事唔係成日有,直至到佢返嚟,仲係佢第一次再對付分離主義軍,就突然之間損失咗咁大批重要物資。」
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「分離軍都有機會主動咁做,」Kenobi反駁。
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「你哋,Vos救咗。提醒你哋,佢有,」Yoda講。「走唔切,佢差啲都。」Kenobi點點頭,感謝Yoda指出呢點。
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「呢個都的確係事實,」Windu同意。「之不過,Vos亦都係咁啱得咁橋發現炸彈嗰個。今次我哋攻擊分離軍一個竊聽站,去到先知無曬人。而唯一一個可以話到畀我哋聽分離軍點解咁做嘅人...…. 就係Quinlan Vos。」
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「唔係啩,」Kenobi有啲唔耐煩。「Mace,你呢個推論會唔會有啲過份?如果佢真係出賣我哋,點解唔設好陷阱,帶我哋去踩?如果係咁,佢一次過就可以清除數以千計嘅『敵人』。」
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「做到咁出面,一個好嘅內應唔會,」Yoda思考完咁講。「太引人注目,咁樣做。」
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Kenobi轉身望向Yoda,心慌一慌。「Yoda大師,連你都咁講?我哋要真憑實據!我哋唔可以因為件事唔順利,就求其搵個人出嚟話佢出賣我哋。」
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「講得啱,Kenobi大師。證據,我哋要搵。」
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「早知我就望真啲竊聽站嘅殘骸,」Kenobi講。
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「點解呢?」Windu問。「如果Vos真係叛徒,佢只會留低佢想你睇到嘅證據。」
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「返去調查,我哋可以,」Yoda講。「不過,另一個目標,我哋仲有。」
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「小行星基地,」Kenobi講。「我搵過Desh,佢無搵到啲咩奇怪嘢。」佢心入面有啲不安,啟動通訊器,一個小小嘅Desh就投映出嚟。
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「Kenobi大師。」Desh輕輕鞠躬。「你應該唔係想調我去新任務?」
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「我哋正正需要你喺而家呢個崗位,Desh,」Kenobi講。「我而家同Yoda大師、Windu大師一齊,我嚟緊要同你講嘅係屬於極度機密。」
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「明白,」Desh答,到佢耳仔不安咁戚一戚。
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「我哋有可能,都幾大機會,出現咗一個叛徒。」
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「叛徒?唔係一個絕地呀?」Desh隻耳仔耷咗落嚟。
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「係一個絕地,」Kenobi肯定咁答。「又或者一個可以接觸到我哋機密嘅人。我哋而家搜集緊唔同證據。你喺殘骸入面有無啲咩異常發現?」
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Kenobi聽到Desh唔多想答咁,心沉咗沉。「大師,你咁啱問到,我哋的確搵到啲嘢,」Desh講。「我哋之前都無留意到。」
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Kenobi憂心咁點頭,望下另外兩位大師。「係乜嘢?」
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「我哋搵到啲共和國製嘅零件碎片。雖然我哋知道分離軍搵到咩都會用,但係......我哋都幾肯定啲炸彈並唔係分離主義分子製造,代表佢哋唔知點解可以偷到我哋嘅炸彈。」
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Kenobi感覺到自己塊面越嚟越青。
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「點解你唔即時匯報?」Windu質問。Yoda慢慢舉起一隻手示意。
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「真係好對唔住,Windu大師,」Desh答。「因為我哋都會用對方嘅物資。槍就係槍,炸彈就係炸彈。只要有用就會拎嚟用,上到戰場就係咁。」
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偏偏今次就唔係,Kenobi心諗,「唔該曬你,Desh。我會再聯絡你。」
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「所以,」Windu講。「我哋可以確認係Vos放嘅炸彈。」
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「我哋仲未清楚成件事,」Kenobi死頂,「如果我哋要指證佢係叛徒,摧毀佢一生嘅,一定要靠我哋實實在在可以證明到嘅嘢!」
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「無錯,Kenobi大師講得,」Yoda傷心咁講。「用另一個方法,我會單獨去。證據,如果真係搵到......咁一個艱難嘅決定,擺喺我哋面前。」
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兩日後,Obi-Wan收到Yoda通知,叫佢去房度見佢。佢提醒自己保持平常心,唔好有過份希望,亦唔好太絕望。佢邊行邊喺心入面念住絕地真言(Jedi Code)。
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沒有感情,只有和平。
沒有無知,只有知識。
沒有熱情,只有寧靜。
沒有混沌,只有和諧。
沒有死亡,只有原力。
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的確有幫助。去到Yoda房門口嘅時候,佢已經可以好好咁控制好自己嘅情緒。Yoda就好似平常咁,坐喺頌石噴泉隔籬。熟悉嘅香油充滿住房間。Kenobi慢慢坐喺大師隔籬。
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「Yoda大師,你搵我?」Kenobi細細聲咁講。「係唔係有關Quinlan?係咪......有咩發現?」
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Yoda唔係冥想緊,只係專注望實噴泉。佢慢慢轉身過嚟。唔需要出聲,Kenobi已經知道結果。大師曾經好奇、溫暖嘅雙眼,如今剩低悲傷同憐憫。
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「真係㗎?」Kenobi深呼吸。
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Yoda慢慢伸手搭喺Kenobi隻手上面。「Vos,今日我見過。多謝佢用佢獨特嘅能力幫我哋,我有。佢隻手,我一掂到,原力透過我哋。有時,收埋嘅嘢,我見得到。今日原力與我同在,真相表明。被黑暗面奪去,Quinlan Vos經已。的確,佢收埋得好好,」Yoda猶豫。「離開咗我哋,我怕佢已經。」
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Kenobi膊頭耷低。「佢講得無錯,」Kenobi細細聲講,佢諗返起Ventress,諗返起佢嘅痛同傷,諗返起佢要「解救」Vos嘅決心。佢哋全部人係幾盲目,除咗佢一個。只有一直同黑暗面周旋嘅Asajj Ventress,先至認得出喺嗰個,而家Kenobi相信佢真心愛嘅人,喺佢身上黑暗面嘅烙印。「佢由頭都尾都無錯。」
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「感情誤導我哋,背叛令我哋上一課。」Yoda繼續講,依然善解人意。「教訓,我哋已經有。行動,我哋必須。」
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佢哋好快就召集咗喺Coruscant嘅大師開緊急會議:Yoda、Mace Windu、Obi-Wan Kenobi、Plo Koon同埋Ki-Adi-Mundi。Kenobi實在太過囉囉攣,所以佢決定企起身,望住窗外車水馬龍嘅Coruscant。佢知自己睇落好唔集中,不過其實佢好專心聽緊其他人講嘅說話。
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Yoda簡述一次佢哋而家手頭上有嘅資料:究竟Vos幫Dooku做嘢做咗幾耐;Ventress認為佢已經墜落;喺倉庫發現嘅共和國炸彈碎片;一個重要嘅竊聽站突然棄守等等,箇中原委只有Vos一面之詞。
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「黑暗,我喺佢心入面搵到,」Yoda傷心咁講。「黑暗深藏不露,而且強大。物件嘅歷史,原力賦予Vos。靈魂嘅歷史,原力賦予我。法庭,唔會接納,不過講大話,無絕地會懷疑我。」呢段說話中肯到無人覺得需要和議。Yoda嘅證詞,加埋其他跡象,情況無法樂觀。「佢嘅懲罰,今次,呢個議會要討論。」
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「如果佢一直都有聯絡Dooku,」Ki-Adi-Mundi講。「咁我哋一定要假設,Vos知道嘅,Dooku全部都知。問題係,Vos知道嘅情報唔少。」
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Kenobi合埋對眼。沒有感情......
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「呢次係繼Dooku背叛我哋之後,對絕地嚟講最大嘅信心危機,」Mace講。「Krell將軍背叛我哋嗰次,都無咁傷[註38]。Vos唔係一個普通絕地,佢係一個絕地大師,而且佢仲有要有特殊嘅能力。重點係,佢係喺戰爭時期,一個企喺Dooku嗰邊嘅絕地大師。呢件事對我哋嘅影響,唔止公關災難咁簡單。」
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「我哋都意識到呢件事嘅嚴重性,Windu大師,」Kenobi有少少反諷咁講。
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「你肯定你意識到,Kenobi大師?喺我角度嚟講,我覺得我哋要考慮處決。」
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「咩話?」Kenobi嚇親望實Windu。
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Ki-Adi-Mundi點點頭。「我同意,」佢認真咁講。「好多人會因為Quinlan Vos嘅決定而死。呢幾年,絕地武士團受咗唔少考驗,只係靠我哋互相信任、團結而支持住。我哋已經被Barriss Offee嘅背叛所撼動[註39]。我哋無人估到好似佢咁嘅模範學徒會變成分離主義嘅激進分子。而家又再發生多次,我哋一定要更加認真去處理。」
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「處決?」Kenobi真心唔敢相信。佢望住在坐一張張冷漠而堅定嘅面孔。「你哋唔係講笑呀?」
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「我哋似咩?」Mace平淡咁講。
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Kenobi望住Yoda。佢睇唔出Yoda面上有好似其他人咁決斷嘅表情。可惜,Yoda並無出聲反對呢個建議。佢只係望住Kenobi好耐好耐,先勉強自己講一句:「所有可能,我哋都要顧及。」
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「但係......完全唔合理!」Kenobi反對。「我哋唔係Sith,我哋處事唔係非黑即白。而無嘢係比死更加絕對。以眼還眼唔係我哋絕地嘅原則。Vos一條人命都無害死過!」
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「咁只係我哋所知嘅。我哋仲未知佢有無份參與任何Enigma嘅屠殺。但係我哋咩都唔理,遲早都會傷害到無辜嘅生命,」Windu好堅持。「只要Dooku知道我哋查緊Vos,佢就唔會再留手。佢會好好利用個叛徒畀佢嘅情報,策劃連場伏擊同突襲。Kenobi,所有嘢都係因為Quinlan Vos一個人所致。」
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「但係你睇唔到咩?」Kenobi用誠懇嘅語氣講。「佢自己都係受害人呀!你知Dooku對佢做咗啲咩。佢被人折磨,佢係被迫墜落到黑暗面。你無理由完全怪曬佢。」
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「其他人都同樣被伯爵折磨過,但係佢哋無屈服,」Mace講。「舉個例,就好似你好朋友Ventress。」
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「或者你有其他建議?」Plo Koon講。
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Kenobi真係唔知。佢只係覺得呢場辯論實在太過無理取鬧。佢完全集中唔到,唯有深呼吸幾下。「或者我哋可以放逐佢。喺外圍地帶揀個星球。或者再遠啲。」佢講完都覺得自己不切實際。
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「恕我直言,Kenobi大師。」Ki-Adi-Mundi明白佢嘅苦心,「我哋而家講緊嘅,係一個受過嚴格訓練嘅絕地大師,而佢已經墜入黑暗面。因為佢,就算係間接,數以千萬計嘅人會只為滿足佢嗰個冷血嘅Sith師父而死。喺咁嘅黑暗入面搵到出路係難上加難,就算係我哋之中最出色嘅絕地都係。佢對銀河嚟講太過危險。」
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「咁,我哋可以困住佢,」Kenobi絕望咁講啲嘢。
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「佢已經墜落去黑暗面,」Mace重申,就好似教小朋友咁重覆,「我哋唔會困得住一個想走嘅Vos,而Dooku都肯定想搶返佢返去。你覺得我哋困佢可以困得幾耐?」
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諗呀,用腦諗呀,Kenobi…...「如果我哋主動送佢返去Dooku身邊呢?」
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「你咩意思?」Windo問。
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Kenobi邊講邊組織佢想講嘅嘢。「我哋可以再叫佢刺殺多次Dooku伯爵。或者Vos見返佢,有機會再殺佢,佢可以抵抗到黑暗面。佢可以離開黑暗面,將功贖罪。我哋本身唔係想咁咩?定係我哋只係隨口講下?」
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「梗係唔係隨口講下,你應該都明白,Kenobi大師,」Plo Koon嚴厲提醒。
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「我明白,好對唔住,」Obi-Wan講。「但係我哋講緊嘅,係Vos條命。」
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三位同意處決嘅大師互相交換下眼神,Yoda只係望住Kenobi,Obi-Wan睇得出Yoda滿意佢嘅提案。
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「請繼續,」Mace講。
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「Vos唔知道我哋而家懷疑緊佢過咗去黑暗面,所以我哋可以設局去試下佢嘅忠誠。我哋再叫佢刺殺Dooku。如果Vos同佢聯手,咁我哋就會知道真相。」
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「我睇唔出送Vos返去Dooku身邊對我哋有咩好處,」Mace質疑。
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「你會錯我意。我哋會跟住佢,監視佢一舉一動。」
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Windu思考緊。「你會睇實佢。」
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「無錯。」
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「如果Vos落唔到手殺Dooku,你就會出手。你肯定你明,Kenobi大師?」
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Kenobi深深咁吸一口氣。「我諗我明,Windu大師。」
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「你判斷,一定唔可以畀你情緒影響,」Yoda講。「你應該做嘅事,你一定要做。」
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「我會。多謝你,Yoda大師。呢次考驗會幫我哋睇清Vos嘅本性,」Kenobi補充。「同埋,佢嘅心。」
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Yoda點點頭。「內心,Quinlan Vos會表露。佢嘅命運,佢自己會決定。」
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[註38] TCW 4.07-10
[註39] TCW 5.17-2
ns 15.158.61.20da2