Now his smile is for the great irony.

"It is the bones that sharpen your blade. But I didn't feel that sting until I was but a blind preacher yelling blasphemies at my own shrine.

"I abdicated the throne out of shame a sorrow for what my movement had become and sacrificed myself so that my son could lead the Empire out of my darkness. It's that sacrifice that brought me here, I think." Or punishment he hasn't begun to feel yet.