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Obi-Wan Kenobi (master_kenobi) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2013-07-26 09:35:00

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anakin skywalker, obi-wan kenobi

Distraction The (Ex)Jedi Way
Who: Helenakin and Bookerwan
What: Anakin-in-Helena has decided that Obi-Wan-in-Booker needs to get out of his room and do something.
When: Late Friday afternoon.
Where: Obi-Wan's room and then down by the lake.
Warnings: Grumpiness?

Obi-Wan didn't really want to go out among people without all of his senses. They all seemed hollow and wrong. Incomplete. Like a bunch of shells walking around. Still, Anakin was right and some fresh air would probably do him good. He'd been trying to meditate - and the robes Anakin leant him had helped him relax a little - but he still found it hard to focus his thoughts when he couldn't connect with the Force.

He unfolded himself from his seated position on the floor when he heard the door, stretching a little to get out the kinks in his muscles from not moving for several hours.

"Come in, Anakin!" he called.

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	darkforcerising 2013-08-09 08:51 am UTC (link)
	Anakin let a light smirk cross his face. “I don’t think they ever worried about your commitment to the Code, Master. You were- are a very good Jedi." And he said it with as much sincerity as he could muster, it was no sarcastic quip this time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

master_kenobi
2013-08-09 09:23 am UTC (link)

"A fairly run of the mill one, but you're right: I think they like that."

Also a sincere assessment. He lacked Qui-Gon's righteously rebellious streak and Anakin's reckless brilliance. He was merely the bland thread between them. If ever he got credit for just keeping the Order's bright lights honest, he'd take it. Especially when, so easily, he could have not ended up a Knight at all.

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darkforcerising
2013-08-09 01:27 pm UTC (link)

“No,” Anakin shook his head. “That’s not what I meant. You’re no ordinary Jedi, Obi-Wan.”

To drive home his point he reached out to Obi-Wan’s shoulder, borrowed body though it was for the moment, Anakin hoped the gesture would be understood. “I meant, you’re more than a very good Jedi, I think it could be argued you are the Jedi. Master Qui-Gon would have been proud. And I wouldn’t choose any other Master.”

Anakin squeeze Obi-Wan’s shoulder and then dropped his hand. Not too much touch at once. The objective was to convey gratitude and admiration not overwhelm Obi-Wan with too many unfamiliar things.

“Of course I’m biased. But I’m the Chosen One, I get to be biased and my opinion still count.”

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master_kenobi
2013-08-09 02:45 pm UTC (link)

"I don't..." He cleared his throat and glanced at Anakin. Was he making fun of him? He didn't appear to be. "I mean, I appreciate the sentiment. It was..." A gross exagerration? "Very, um. Very kind of you to say." Though he didn't know where it came from. The Jedi? Out of all of them? He looked at Anakin again. "Thank you." He nodded, swallowed, glanced away. "Thank you."

He wanted to return the elaborate compliment - Anakin was certainly more deserving of hyperbole than he was - but didn't know where to begin in the wake of... that.

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darkforcerising
2013-08-09 03:16 pm UTC (link)

Anakin didn’t need the Force to tell him Obi-Wan was, for lack of a better word, flustered. Anakin so rarely saw Obi-Wan like this, and less when it wasn’t some stress induced, end of the world situation. Obi-Wan gave off the impression he was going to implode in supernova-esque splendor.

“C’mon.” He cocked his head in the direction of the castle. “We can go back to the castle and grab dinner before you spin yourself into a singularity of over-thinking self-doubt.” He started walking back the way they came.

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master_kenobi
2013-08-09 04:09 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not... doubtful, Anakin. I know what I'm capable of." More than normal people, but in less spectacular fashion than most Jedi. "It's not..." He frowned at his own inability to express his thoughts. "Anakin, I don't see this the Jedi business, but I appreciate that you... that you feel you benefited from my training. It's truly been my pleasure to instruct you."

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	darkforcerising 2013-08-12 07:49 am UTC (link)
	“You have a backwards definition of doubt, Master,” Anakin said with a smile, leading the way back. “And I think you’ve repressed all the many times I aggravated you beyond belief.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-12 09:45 am UTC (link)
	"That was part of the process." He glanced at Anakin. "I wouldn't have had you be anything other than your aggravating self." Even a small amount of teasing there, a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth. "If I wanted to train a normal Jedi padawan, I would have taken a normal Jedi padawan." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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