Obi-wan walked towards the door. As he grew close he realized the two beings blocking the exit were Qui-gon and Anakin. He debated turning and walking away but decided he might as well just get it over with. He was bound to run into them outside of his sessions at some point. He figured it would probably be best to keep it in a relatively public place. There was less chance of confrontation. Though he doubted that it would ever come to that. Master Jinn was far to reserved to ever actually start a fight. But if it was not in a public place that chances of his doing more damage to Obi-wan's psyche was much greater. And since Obi-wan had just gotten himself to a point where he was not crippled due to his masters actions, he was going to try and avoid that happening again. He didn't want to spend another 10 years recovering from seeing Qui-gon. As he approached them he offered a slight bow, the formal nod of a senior padawan to an a master that was not his, and spoke. "Master Jinn." He looked down. "Anakin. It is good to see you."
Qui-gon winced at the formal greeting. As his padawan Obi-wan should have just called him Master and he shouldn't have bowed at all. But none of his feelings of hurt and sorrow were heard in his voice. "Padawan Kenobi. What was that, that you were doing with the other padawans ?" Obi-wan seemed surprised that Qui-gon had noticed him. "I was teaching them the Hearts Song kata. They all worked very hard. Several of them are close to mastering it." Qui-gon was startled at that. The Hearts Song was a kata usually only taught by one or two masters in the temple. That Obi-wan was teaching was..odd. He decided to voice his curiosity. "Aren't you a bit under qualified to teach such an advanced kata?" Obi-wan looked back with no emotion on his face, but didn't quite keep the annoyance out of his voice. "I am fully qualified by the council to teach. I was assigned to teach that kata by them." At Qui-gon's shocked look he elaborated. "I am a full instructor at the temple Master Jinn. I do what I am asked and I do it as best I am able. If they day comes that I am no longer deemed qualified or if another that is more qualified steps in, I will happily step down. I have many other things to turn my attention to."
Anakin just watched Qui-gon and Obi-wan speak in something close to shock. He couldn't understand why they were being so....not nice to each other. They weren't being mean or anything. They were just not....nice. But before he could ask anyone anything, not that he actually had a question in mind, a com link chirped.
Qui-gon frowned at the sound. It wasn't a normal ring. But it was familiar. A second later he recognized it as a council business ring. Thinking it was his he reached for his com only to find it in active. Obi-wan on the other hand quickly grabbed his link and answered. "Kenobi here" And then he heard through the com. "Hello Obi-wan. We need your input on this decision. It concerns a vision you told us of." Obi-wan sighed and ran a hand through his spiky hair. "All right. I'll be there as soon as I have showered and changed, Master Windu." "Thank you Obi-wan. We are in the discussion chambers. Windu out" And then the link closed.
Before Qui-gon could ask why in the name of the force the council was asking Obi-wan to a session Obi-wan was speaking. "It was good to see you again Master Jinn. Anakin I will see you tomorrow in your session. And then you can guess again what my home planet is." He bowed to the two of them and the rushed out of the chambers. Leaving a confused master and an even more confused young boy in his wake.
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