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"You don't like this power much, do you?" Javik asked Ark after successfully crushing the man's windpipe.
Finding the right words to describe how he felt about the power was difficult, because it wasn't that Ark didn't like the power, but rather that he did.
"Powers such as Force lightning and Force Choke require the user to bring forth their emotions to drive them. And that's something I've fought against through years of meditative techniques developed through my Teras Kasi training. Your emotions cause unpredictability, in which Juyo users utilize to great success; However, such unpredictability comes at the price of complete lack of control. I prefer control over the lack thereof. It's why I practice D'jem So, and it's why I study multiple martial arts. I will be the one to decide my actions and consequences, and Force powers such as Force Choke can let these emotions to get loose, out of control, where you put yourself a risk. I try hard to control my emotions and the Dark Side of the Force that is so tightly tied to them, and not the other way around. After all, are Force Users... not the other way around," Ark explains.
The truth is that Ark was afraid of what effects that giving into the Force would have on him. He's already begun to showcase the yellow rings around his iris. It was taint enough for him, and Ark wasn't keen on his well-developed self control disappearing to the will of the Force, simply because he gave into the Dark Side fully. In fact, it was the key difference between himself and other Dark Side users, is that he refrained from the Darker taunts of the Force, because of the effects they have on them. It was one thing, Ark believed, that he had over other Force users, and though he wouldn't preach it to his fellow Sith, it isn't something that he'd advocate if he didn't have to. The Dark Side of the Force was a powerful tool that expedited the learning processes of such powers such as Choke and Lightning, but at that singular cost, and Ark was a firm believer that one with strong enough will power could avoid drawing upon the Dark Side fully in utilizing them with enough practice and exposure to the ability; Either that, or that very same exposure would cause their fall into the void to be deeper. It was a calculated risk that Ark wasn't willing to take.
"I understand that you also wanted to learn Force Rend today?" Ark asks Javik without looking directly at him. Ark was, admittedly, not nearly as practiced with this ability, but then again, he'd only just taught Force Grip to Javik after discovering it on his own for the first time earlier that day. Force Rend, Ark, at least, had a better understanding of.
Finding the right words to describe how he felt about the power was difficult, because it wasn't that Ark didn't like the power, but rather that he did.
"Powers such as Force lightning and Force Choke require the user to bring forth their emotions to drive them. And that's something I've fought against through years of meditative techniques developed through my Teras Kasi training. Your emotions cause unpredictability, in which Juyo users utilize to great success; However, such unpredictability comes at the price of complete lack of control. I prefer control over the lack thereof. It's why I practice D'jem So, and it's why I study multiple martial arts. I will be the one to decide my actions and consequences, and Force powers such as Force Choke can let these emotions to get loose, out of control, where you put yourself a risk. I try hard to control my emotions and the Dark Side of the Force that is so tightly tied to them, and not the other way around. After all, are Force Users... not the other way around," Ark explains.
The truth is that Ark was afraid of what effects that giving into the Force would have on him. He's already begun to showcase the yellow rings around his iris. It was taint enough for him, and Ark wasn't keen on his well-developed self control disappearing to the will of the Force, simply because he gave into the Dark Side fully. In fact, it was the key difference between himself and other Dark Side users, is that he refrained from the Darker taunts of the Force, because of the effects they have on them. It was one thing, Ark believed, that he had over other Force users, and though he wouldn't preach it to his fellow Sith, it isn't something that he'd advocate if he didn't have to. The Dark Side of the Force was a powerful tool that expedited the learning processes of such powers such as Choke and Lightning, but at that singular cost, and Ark was a firm believer that one with strong enough will power could avoid drawing upon the Dark Side fully in utilizing them with enough practice and exposure to the ability; Either that, or that very same exposure would cause their fall into the void to be deeper. It was a calculated risk that Ark wasn't willing to take.
"I understand that you also wanted to learn Force Rend today?" Ark asks Javik without looking directly at him. Ark was, admittedly, not nearly as practiced with this ability, but then again, he'd only just taught Force Grip to Javik after discovering it on his own for the first time earlier that day. Force Rend, Ark, at least, had a better understanding of.