"Obi-Wan," Qui-gon's voice was as gentle as he could muster, "you can stop now."
It had been something- a mix of pride and confusion (Obi-Wan was Qui-Gon's padawan not the Jedi Master of the two)- in watching Obi-Wan battle the Sith that had been on Tatooine.
Then that pride and confusion had turned to concern and confusion when Obi-Wan had defeated the Sith (by cutting the dark sider's legs off) yet continued on hacking the corpse.
One of the things that differed Obi-Wan to Xanatos was that Qui-Gon's third padawan had never been needlessly violent or cruel to another being. This was the first time Obi-Wan had been and it was unsettling.
Yet Obi-Wan force aura did not feel tainted no... it felt resigned.
Obi-Wan looked up at him. His blue eyes, that contrasted with the blood on his face, looked so old. Qui-Gon would have taken a step back if he wasn't frozen in shock.
"Obi-Wan...you didn't have to destroy his corpse like that."
"Master do you remember how I told you I couldn't tell you what happened to me that I fell into a coma before we took this mission?"
"Yes."
"He had to do with it. He didn't die the first time despite having his legs cut off and in the first time he killed you," Obi-Wan told Qui-Gon in a broken tone.
"Obi-Wan it was just a dream. A nightmare you had while in your coma. Remember what Master Yoda always tells us? The future is difficult to see because it is always in motion. While I am amazed by your skill - do not go fighting a Sith by yourself no matter what you've dreamt!"
"I am afraid I cannot make that promise Master. We need to go check on Anakin and Padme." With that the padawan walked off not looking back on the very confused Master.
A/N: I own nothing and this also posted on archiveofourown.
Am I the only person that could see Obi-Wan, Anakin, or even Ahsoka going back in time meeting Maul and having to hacking at Maul's "corpse" (much to the confusion of others) considering the Sith's ability of not being as dead as others thought?