Cradle to Grave
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36-40 are "possible" AU drabbles...
48, candle
A place to mourn lost ones. They had promised Obi-Wan privacy.What was an honourable being's promise to Asajj Ventress?
"Why do you come?" he asked – pleaded.
"For the same reason you do," she said almost kindly. The flame she lighted flickered in her face, making her eyes luminous… enchanting. "To bury my dead."
"The dead cannot bury the dead."
"Ah, that's where you are wrong. We are the only ones allowed to. You, on the other hand, must live."
His hand shook as he lighted his own candle and she laughed softly.
"That, Obi-Wan, is your burden to bear."
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