Qui-Gon needed to find the two of them. He had thought he would be able to sense when Obi-Wan was near, but either he wasn't near Obi-Wan or the alcohol had done something to block it. Probably the former. The two should just be in town. It really shouldn't be that hard.

Eventually he ran into someone who was shaking their head and scowling. Qui-Gon just could sense that it had something to do with the two teenagers.

"What's wrong?" Qui-Gon asked as he came over to the man. Usually Qui-Gon didn't say too much to the locals, but when he did, he was always polite. Now would be different but now he potentially might have to talk about Satine more than he normally would have. You never could be completely sure what side someone was on and he had every intention to make sure Duchess Satine made it through the war in one peace.

"There were some teenagers around here," he spat out as if he had tasted something awful. Normally when adults spoke about Obi-Wan they would say how fortunate Qui-Gon was to have such a good padawan who was so responsible and trustworthy. Obi-Wan might have lightened up a bit the last couple years after Qui-Gon had declined joining the council, but he still followed the council's rules for the most part.

And sometimes he would get an unsettled look when Qui-Gon didn't, even if it wasn't nearly as bad as it used to be.

"Teenagers?" Qui-Gon asked, wanting to hear more about it, but he also didn't want to seem too curious.

"Yes, they were clearly drunk also," he said, shaking his head. "Parents should control their teenagers, not let them go crazy."

Qui-Gon didn't know how to react to this. He was the one was in charge of Obi-Wan, and well, Satine was the leader of Mandalore so technically no one was really in charge of her. But Qui-Gon had to make sure she stayed safe.

"Which way did they go?" Qui-Gon said. "I know someone who is missing theirs."

He pointed off in the distance. "These two. They're up to trouble. Drunk and clearly dating."

Qui-Gon frowned. For a moment, he doubted that it could be them, but then he realized he shouldn't. He knew that his padawan fancied Satine, even if he wouldn't normally admit it. He had seen how he looked at her. He was different around her than other people too. Shyer and at the same time sweeter than he normally would have been.

Who knew how he would act now that he had been drinking? Maybe he would be bolder than he normally would have been. Qui-Gon had no idea how Satine would act either.

"Tell the parents to keep an eye on them better next time," the man grumbled. "Some of us are trying to sleep."

"I will," Qui-Gon said. He made eye contact with the man and then waved his hand. "You don't need to tell anyone about the teenagers you saw."

It was possible this wouldn't work on him. Some Mandalorians had been trained to resist Jedi powers and some who had strong minds just naturally were immune to them. However, this man stared at him and then nodded.

"I won't tell anyone about the teenagers I saw."

Good… At least something was going right. He didn't want the man telling people about the teenagers. Most likely it would have been fine, but it was better if they brought as little attention to themselves as possible. Obi-Wan and Satine normally knew this.

However at least now Qui-Gon just needed to catch up with the two of them. He would make sure something like this didn't happen again.

This wasn't good at all, but somehow Obi-Wan laughed about it. He really had been drinking way too much.

"We need to get down," Satine said, grabbing his hand and pulling him away. She could hear and see the man running over to the statue. He could be some kind of security and they would get in so much trouble if they were caught.

Probably more from Qui-Gon, who would not be happy about what they had been doing. Maybe Satine had been stupid. She had let Obi-Wan drink too much and then she had stuck onto someone else's property, which wasn't something the Duchess of Mandalore should do. And she was putting herself in danger.

Just because she was sad didn't mean that she should be acting this way.

She hurried with Obi-Wan and was about to climb down when she heard a blaster fire. She froze. She couldn't believe it. He was really shooting blasters at the two of them? She suddenly felt so much more sober.

Obi-Wan made a smirking like noise. "Blasters are so uncivilized."

"What?" Satine didn't even realize that she had said that at first. It didn't matter if it wasn't a lightsaber, if they got hit… Even if they just had stun on, they would fall far enough that they could die even if Obi-Wan would be a Jedi soon.

"Don't worry, Satine," he said, knowing what she was thinking. "Everything's going to be fine."

She wanted to argue with him. He wasn't taking this nearly as seriously as he should. Or even as he normally would have.

They somehow got down. Her heart beat fast as they did. She could imagine falling to her death. Yes, maybe Obi-Wan could normally use the Force but still… Maybe this had all been a mistake. She shouldn't be getting herself into trouble when trouble wasn't finding her. What was wrong with her?

They got off the loth cat, but then she felt someone grab her and yank her toward them. She wished it was Obi-Wan, but obviously it wasn't. She wasn't just about to let someone grab her. She might be a pacifist but she wasn't some damsel in distress. Before her father had died things had been different. Her father had been a warrior. Nothing like Satine was now. But she knew a few things.

She kicked him hard and pushed him away from her.

He stumbled back but then he flew even further away. He would be fine, but still. She couldn't believe her own strength.

Actually there was no way she did that. Obi-Wan must have with the force.

"Leave Sa…" Obi-Wan stopped at looked at her as if he wasn't sure what to say. Obviously he thought he couldn't say her name and it was smart if he didn't but names like hers weren't uncommon. Her name was similar to the word in Mando'a for violet and lots of girls had similar names. She remembered back in school, she hadn't been the only girl with such a name. There had been another Satine and also Savines and Sabines and even a Sarine.

Still it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Leave her alone," Obi-Wan said. "You can't… you can't fire on us."

"This is my property and you shit faced kids can't expect to just—"

"Leave her alone!" Obi-Wan's voice didn't even sound like himself. Actually, it sounded like how he had when she had been in danger before. But this was different. She half expected him to take out his lightsaber.

If he did that then they would be in even more trouble. Maybe they would even have to leave Mandalore. Satine couldn't do that. She didn't want to leave her people. It was bad enough that she was hiding. All the time she felt like a failure. What kind of ruler couldn't be there for her people?

Maybe she shouldn't be the ruler? Maybe she was already not doing a good job even though Mandalore meant everything to her.

"It's fine. You just… we're sorry that we were here," Satine said, trying to explain this. She needed to get them out of this mess. She didn't want Obi-Wan to get in trouble but she obviously didn't want them to get shot. "You know things will be worse for you if you shoot two unarmed teenagers."

Obi-Wan wasn't unarmed but he didn't need to know that.

"We're going to leave now," Satine said. She put her hands up for a second, but then reached over and grabbed Obi-Wan. "We really do apologize."

He stared at her.

"We won't come back," Satine said. She was glad it was dark. She didn't want to be a chance that she would be recognized. She was so stupid for doing this.

"We won't come back," Obi-Wan said. She didn't know if he was using the Force or not. She just hoped that the man would believe her.

"Fine, but you two better not. Teenagers.." He sighed and then he walked away leaving the two of them by themselves.

The two of them were silent as they watched him so and then they both started laughing. At least that was what happened first, but then Satine was almost crying. She couldn't cry again. Stars, she was becoming such a mess. Such a mess. Not fit to rule Mandalore if she was going to be acting this way. She needed to get it together.

"Satine…" Obi-Wan said. "This was a bad idea."

"No, this is my fault."

"Not the drinking," Obi-Wan said. "I shouldn't have suggested something like this. I thought… I didn't think that anyone would catch us."

Satine sighed and shook her head.

"No, it's… You wouldn't have even drank if not for me and we wouldn't have gotten in this mess."

"Satine…" Obi-Wan said softly. He raised his hand up and for a moment, it looked like he might put it on her face. She wanted him to do that. But of course, he didn't. The Jedi Order… right now she resented them for their archaic policies. It wasn't right to take kids away from their families even if they permission and then tell them they couldn't even have attachments to people.

Satine knew that she was atypical when it came to Mandalorians, but she agreed that many parts of the Jedi Order weren't right. Knowing Obi-Wan and Master Qui-Gon convinced her of that even more than before.

"It… I don't want us to get in trouble."

"We're going to be fine," he said. "We're not going to get in trouble."

She sighed and shook her head. "Not with Qui-Gon. Obviously I won't get in trouble with Qui-Gon, though you could."

"We left him a note."

Oh yeah. Satine had actually forgotten about that until he had mentioned it. She vaguely remembered drawing an owl.

"Still… It's Mandalore…"

"You're going to be a great ruler of Mandalore," Obi-Wan said. "You already are a great ruler of Mandalore."

"I haven't even done much ruling of Mandalore yet," she said with a sigh. She had so many ideas and plans, but if she couldn't put them in action what difference would it make?

"I know, but you're going to change everything."

"You really think so?" Satine asked, looking into his eyes. She wished it wasn't so dark so she could see them better. He had amazing eyes. Eyes that she loved to look into.

"I know so," Obi-Wan said. "You're…"

"I'm what?" Satine asked. "Because even though everyone always tells me that I'm going to make a big difference, I haven't done that yet. I've put other people in danger. I've—

She didn't know what she expected, but it certainly wasn't Obi-Wan to kiss her.

Yet that was what happened.