Every father, both the good ones and the bad, make mistakes. The biggest (and perhaps inexcusable) one that Han made was convincing himself that there was nothing he could do to help his son with the things that troubled him. To pretend there wasn't good times too, though, was ignoring the obvious signs.
But.
The fact that Ben had considered killing him? It doesn't surprise him.
Somehow he knew when he stepped on that catwalk that his life was likely going to end there. He couldn't even say how he knew, but he did. What surprised him and definitely pleased him, was that ... somehow, things didn't end up that way.
"If it would have helped you then ..." He shakes his head. "... if it could help you now ..." He doesn't finish the thought, but the writing is on the wall. There's nothing he wouldn't do for his kid, including taking a saber to the heart.
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Date: 2016-07-31 01:56 pm (UTC)Every father, both the good ones and the bad, make mistakes. The biggest (and perhaps inexcusable) one that Han made was convincing himself that there was nothing he could do to help his son with the things that troubled him. To pretend there wasn't good times too, though, was ignoring the obvious signs.
But.
The fact that Ben had considered killing him? It doesn't surprise him.
Somehow he knew when he stepped on that catwalk that his life was likely going to end there. He couldn't even say how he knew, but he did. What surprised him and definitely pleased him, was that ... somehow, things didn't end up that way.
"If it would have helped you then ..." He shakes his head. "... if it could help you now ..." He doesn't finish the thought, but the writing is on the wall. There's nothing he wouldn't do for his kid, including taking a saber to the heart.