He can feel her shock. And it had surprised him too at how easily he seemed to be able to leave them. Of course, it was the being gone that had been the most difficult, just as it was when he had left Bastila and Carth and then rest of his newfound family five years ago.

As for what Ranthus said: "That I don't always need to be fighting some battle anymore. That, essentially, I should just take the time and enjoy what I fought so hard for."