Master Windu said nothing. He merely stared into Depa-Barris's vacant eyes and remained silent for a long time.
The two stood face-to-face without a word, yet it seemed they had exchanged countless words through their meeting gazes. At last, Master Windu slowly said, "As a Jedi Knight, as your master, I will never be able to tolerate what you have done..."
Depa-Barris still said nothing. She merely looked at him.
"But as a friend..." Master Windu turned his head aside. "I have forgiven you for everything."
"...Thank you," Depa-Barris said.
"Now, in my capacity as a member of the Jedi Order High Council..." Master Windu raised his voice. His gaze upon Depa-Barris was filled with grief and disappointment, and his voice trembled slightly. "Depa-Barris, you have committed crimes against civilization and massacre... You are hereby stripped of your position on the Jedi Order High Council and placed under immediate arrest. You will be escorted back to Coruscant to stand trial."
Depa-Barris raised her head and looked at Master Windu in silence.
Master Windu looked at the headband on her forehead and asked, "Why did you cover the 'The Supreme One' gem, leaving only the 'Explorer' gem? Is it because you have become lost about the road ahead?"
"I have never been more certain of the road ahead," Depa-Barris said.
"Even if it is the wrong road?"
"For the Korunnai, it is the only road."
"Perhaps. But what about the Galactic Republic? What about the Jedi Order?"
Depa-Barris fell silent again. It was not that she had no answer, but simply that they walked different paths and could not make common cause.
"You are so weak now that you cannot even walk?" Master Windu asked.
Barris nodded.
"Then we cannot delay any longer. You will die here. Come on. There may