It's ironic, really. She would agree about the Rule of Two - but she'd also seen their failures used to create an army herself. Frankly, she wouldn't have bothered with the staff if she'd had access to the wellspring she'd known. But he has no idea about the Sceptre's strength - she'd drained the force energy left latent at Byss - Palpatine's most secret of hideaways. Where he had laired, after his 'death' - creating the greatest and worst expressions of his power.

The Sceptre was, in effect, an exceptionally powerful battery.

"Perhaps," she repeats, half-mockingly. "Well, if you merely stand aside, that will be enough. Until the critical moment, in any event."