Obi-Wan is aging surprisingly well (obi1) wrote in valarlogs,
The trouble was that there was actually a third option, one where Obi-Wan was both not full of shit and able to deflect the weapon. He chose that one. And he continued to back away, still trying not to engage the man in what was most definitely a fight.
"I'm not hustling you," he said. "Really."
But he didn't sound exactly contrite. He had a bad temper. A short fuse. Always had. And it was beginning to show. He wasn't any more interested in looking like a fool than Loras.