Qui-gon strode down the hallway with Obi-wan the proper two paces behind and one to the left. As they approached the council chamber they were intercepted by a council page. "Excuse me. Master Jinn?" The obliviously nervous girl murmured. Qui-gon stopped and turn his attention to her. "Yes?" The word was barked out. The girl cringed slightly in response but never the less forged ahead with what she had to say. "The council has delayed your debriefing. There was an emergency session of the council called this morning." Obi-wan cringed at that, though neither the master or the page noticed his reaction. Qui-gon gave the girl a hard stare. "Why was I not notified." Obi-wan winced again but this time it was at his masters question. **Not we, I. I guess that gives me an idea of how he feels about me** The girl stepped back at the harsh tone and shot a questioning look at Obi-wan who just shrugged and motioned her to continue. She looked up. "I'm sorry Master Jinn, I don't know. I was just told to inform you that your session will have to wait." Qui-gon looked ready to argue but for some reason he followed the girls gaze to Obi-wan. Who didn't look so hot. In fact he looked about two steps away from unconscious. He turned to the girl. "I trust we will be notified when our presence will be required by the council?" "Yes Master Jinn." "The my apprentice and I will be heading back to our quarters." With that he turned and left, with Obi-wan trailing behind him.

Obi-wan was grateful that Qui-gon did not decide to be stubborn and insist on standing out side the chambers until they were summoned. He had received two more 'flashes' while he was standing there listening to his master argue. Fortunately it looked like he had some time before he need to do anything about them. He was also still tired from the mission and dealing with the after effects of his Vision last night. As they walked he was finding it harder and harder to actually think. Fortunately Qui-gon was all but ignoring him. He snorted. He had never thought that he would be happy to be shut out by his master. But right now he doubted he would be able to hide much of anything is Qui-gon chose to question him.

Qui-gon opened the door to their quarters and walked in. Obi-wan didn't walk so much as stagger. He turned to his master and spoke. "If you don't mind I'm going to go lie down for a bit. I'm still tired and I would like to take this opportunity to sleep before we are called again to the council." Qui-gon looked up at him. The formality in the boy's tone, while nothing new he always spoke like that to him, bothered him. "Of course. Obi-wan. I'll wake you when they contact us." Thank you Master." And with that Obi-wan trudged back to his room. He didn't even have to energy to take his boots or his cloak off. He just collapsed on the bed and fell into a sound sleep.

Qui-gon sat in his arm chair and tried to relax. But Obi-wan's plea to go to sleep kept floating through his head. It bothered him. More than he really wanted to admit. First that Obi-wan felt the need to ask his permission to go take a nap after such a long and stressful mission. And second because of how formal the boy had been in asking. And now that he stopped to think about it Obi-wan was rarely relaxed in his presence. He always seemed on edge. He realized that part of the reason was him. He always pushed him away. He very rarely complimented him and he was very formal around Obi-wan. So in response Obi-wan was formal around him. But Qui-gon had a reason. Obi-wan made him uncomfortable. It wasn't his fault that he couldn't connect to the boy. He just couldn't let down his guard.

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Qui-gon woke up with a startled jolt. He realized that he had dozed off in his chair while thinking about Obi-wan. He tried without success to figure out what in heavens had woken him out of his sleep. There it was again. Sort of a niggling pressure in his head. The force was trying to tell him something. But what? The niggling was back, only this time is was much more insistent. Deciding that it was probably important he submerged himself in the force, in order to see what it wanted. The only think that he was able to receive was an image of Obi-wan sleeping. **Obi-wan? Why on earth would I get an image of Obi-wan. Unless…** With that the master stood up and ran to his apprentice's sleep chamber. The only reason he could think of that the force would show him that image was if there was something wrong with Obi-wan. He entered his apprentice's room fully prepared to have to calm him down or grab him and run to the med-centre. Instead he looked into a room with a very peacefully sleeping boy. Qui-gon was confused and as he turned to leave he realized that Obi-wan had fallen asleep fully clothed. Boots, cloak, and all. The master then walked over to his apprentice and gently removed and put away the boots and the cloak. He then made sure Obi-wan was covered by his blankets. Qui-gon had found out the hard way that Obi-wan was very sensitive to the cold. The boy felt chilled in temperatures that most humanoids found to be a very comfortable area. On the other hand, Obi-wan fared much better in warmer temperatures than most humanoids. He actually enjoyed the hotter temperatures that most went out of their way to avoid. He supposed it had to do with Obi-wan's home planet. Something that Obi-wan had never felt the need to inform him of other than to say that it was a very hot place. Come to think of it maybe Obi-wan got that accent from there too. Maybe he should do a search through the archives. There couldn't be that many hot planets with accents like what his apprentice sported. He shook his head. That was a project for another time. One when they did NOT have a debriefing with the council at any moment.

Qui-gon stood up and after one last look back he headed out of Obi-wan's sleep chamber. Qui-gon then decided to follow his apprentice's example. He headed to his room and his nice, warm, comfortable bed. Yes, Obi-wan defiantly had the right idea.

Meanwhile in the council chambers the members of the council were not so at peace. They had been badgering Yoda to reveal who had experienced the prophecy. And they wanted to know why someone who had that ability was not being trained to be a foreseer. Yoda stayed firm and refused to say anything. The council was not giving in. But neither was Yoda. While he fully intended to train Obi-wan to walk the webs he would NOT do so at such a critical time in his apprenticeship. He had a sneaking suspicion that Obi-wan already had a good idea of how to walk the webs anyways and did not feel that it was critical to confirm that right now. It could wait. That was something that wasn't learned so much as explained as something that was already being done with no conscious though. All his 'instructions' would do is give it a name and make it somewhat easier on him.

"Enough!" Yoda roared. That in it self was enough to give the council pause. Yoda NEVER yelled. But looking at his face stemmed any arguments they might have come up with despite the shock of him yelling. "Listened to you long enough, I have. Tell you I will not of who had the vision. Let you destroy another's life for your purposes I will no." "But Master Yoda we don't…" Yoda cut of Ploo Kloon. "Yes, You do. Want to use him you do to decide who to send where. Lost he would become in the web if your way you had. Subject any living being to that I will not. Living being he is. Not a droid to be ordered. Destroy him you would. Then lost would be the Jedi. Deal with my decision you will. Discuss this more I will NOT." The other members looked at Yoda in something similar to shock. But all realized that if they could not push Yoda any further.

Mace who had refrained from arguing (only by shear force of will. He had really wanted to clock some of them) Spoke up. "Well since that issue has been…settled, we might want to take a break and then bring in Master Jinn and Padawan Kenobi. They have most likely been waiting outside the chamber doors to be called in." Adi Gallia Spoke up then "No Yuki told me that they went back to their quarters and will await our summons." Mace raised an eyebrow. "Well that's a first. Qui-gon usually insists on waiting for us to be available no matter how long." Adi shook her head a little "Well I believe you can thank Kenobi for this instance. Yuki say he looked dead tired and that Qui-gon noticed. That's why they went back. So they could rest." Mace looked around. "Well if no one else takes issue I think we should all go eat and cool off for two hours and then reconvene here then. We can send a message to them stating we would like to see the in two hours. That should give them and us enough time to get ready for their debriefing." The other members nodded and they all filed out. Mace stayed behind as did Yoda. "I did not like their reaction to finding out we have someone with that much gift in the unifying force." "No. Kill him they would if their way they had. Hope I do that their way they do not get. See I would the fall of the Jedi if they did." Both masters repressed a shudder and then headed out of the chamber.