Obi-Wan is aging surprisingly well (obi1) wrote in valarlogs,
Obi-Wan leaned in a little more, suddenly at the point of snapping. It was a feeling he despised. He pulled himself back from the brink, rising from his chair and taking the glass of water with him. He placed it in the sink without pouring the water out or drinking it.
Then, he turned, still visibly upset. "But that me, Loras. That's what I do. I... I've put my life in danger since I was a child." It wasn't a childhood on this earth he was talking about. He folded his arms and sniffed, his voice a little quieter when he spoke, but no less pointed. "So, you're right. I guess that's all you can do." Though Obi-Wan would have had his friend beside him all the way, to the bitter end. He just couldn't fathom asking.