The Jedi Academy isn’t some gleaming tower of wisdom - it's a few lowly stone buildings swallowed by the forest. The canopy above hums with life, shadows shifting as sunlight fights its way through. Master Skywalker walks among you students like a man carrying something heavier than a lightsaber, and Master Katarn teaches like he’s been through hell and doesn’t want us to follow. But you’re here, finally, and you can feel the Force thrumming beneath your skin, whispering that maybe - just maybe - you belong.

And then there’s that Grogu kid. Small, green, and impossibly weird, wobbling through the undergrowth like the forest itself tolerates his presence. The older students don’t know what to make of him, calling him “Baby Yoda” like he isn’t already more in tune with the Force than half of us. You watched him lift a stone without effort while yours trembled and fell. He looked at you, ears twitching like he knew something you didn’t. Maybe he does. Maybe he sees the Jedi you could become, even when you can’t.

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