Anakin's expression turned troubled, and he nodded. "As stubborn as Mom can be, I don't know if anyone could convince her not to try and stop it," he agreed. "It sounds like a horrible thing to say, all those lives lost, but how that would alter everything is too complicated to consider."

Which sounded so cold, under the circumstances. "Besides, visions of what might be are hard enough to deal with. This . . ."