Title: For A Short Time More
Author: By Obi the Kid
Timing: one year pre-TPM
Archive: if you want it, just E-mail and ask!
Summary: Qui-Gon's thoughts
Rating: G
Warning: tiny Angst
Disclaimer: Qui and Obi belong to Lucas, no money is made from this.

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For A Short Time More


For a short time more, you will walk by my side.

For a short time more, you are my responsibility.

These years toward Knighthood have passed so quickly.

Wasn't it only yesterday that you were a young boy, desperate for this dream to become reality?

I have watched you grow from unsure and clumsy to fearless and prideful, my how the years have changed us both young padawan.

For a short time more, your heart is bonded to mine.

For a short time more, all that I am, I see in you.

After Xanatos, there was a loneliness and emptiness in my life that I thought no one could fill. Then you came along and showed me how to trust again and in your words and actions demonstrated that life was worth living.

There is a safety with you that I cannot explain. Life is no longer hollow.

For a short time more, my Obi-wan, I will be your master.

For a short time more, I will walk by your side.

But, I will forever walk with you.

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THE END