Anakin stood outside Obi-wan's door waiting to be let in. He had rung the chime a minute ago and was planning to ring it again if he didn't get a response soon. But before that could happen the door opened. Obi-wan stood in the door way looking slightly out of it. Looking at his stockinged feet and his rumpled clothes Anakin guessed that he had been sleeping when the chime rang. Obi-wan gestured him in yawning. He quickly headed to the kitchen and made himself a pit of stim tea. While he did that Anakin settled himself down on the large cushion. He had never been able to figure out why it was there, but as of yet had not found a way to ask that didn't make him feel rude. He watched Obi-wan drink the tea and could almost see him waking up. Obi-wan then strolled over with a tray of tea and juice for the two of them. As he settled down Anakin decided he had some questions to ask before he started learning more about the force.
"Obi-wan?" Obi-wan looked over at Anakin. He was fidgeting and seemed to want to bounce off the chair. He braced himself for a hard question. Every time Anakin got that nervous it was a very difficult question to answer. "Umm....Why don't you like Qui-gon? Who is your Master? Why are you so sad?" The questions all came out in a rush. Anakin had decided that it would be better to get all the questions out in the open at once instead of waiting. He figure he had a better chance of getting at least one of them answered that way. Obi-wan froze. And for a moment Anakin though that he had stopped breathing. He could feel the distress radiating off of Obi-wan in waves. He couldn't normally feel that much emotion from anyone. But before he could ask Obi-wan set his cup down and rubbed his face with his hands. He watched as Obi-wan slowly pulled himself back together. Then Obi-wan began to speak. And Anakin listened attentively. "Well actually that all ties together. Believe it or not."
A wane smile. "Your sensitivity to my presence in the force must be increasing. Most people can't read me like you have. This is going to be very hard for you t hear but I think this will answer most of your questions. Any others you will need to ask Master Jinn about. Now as to why I am sad, it's because my master all but dismissed me from the order 10 years ago. He felt he couldn't deal with something about me and told me he could not trust me. He left on solo missions the next day and I haven seen him in years. And he has recently found a young initiate that he trusts. So it is difficult for me to see them together. Master Yoda and Master Windu took over my training so I would be able to become a Knight eventually. And I don't dislike Master Jinn. I disagree with his opinions. He has disagred with mine rather vocally in the past. So we seem very formal around each other because of that." He looked down for a moment. Anakin murmured a soft "Oh Ok." And didn't push about his other question. He could ask again later. Obi-wan took a deep breath and looked back at Anakin.
"Now, since we have managed to avoid 15 minutes of work it's time to get started. Today we are going to start learning to see a persons force connection. Now I taught you how to see basic aura's already and this tied into that. You will focus in a very similar way. Except this time you will concentrate on their force essence instead of their life force. When you look at them their connection will probably be white shading to either blue or green at the edges. The more color the stronger they are. The white represents a balanced connection to both the Unifying and the Living Force. Those truly strong in either aspect will have much less white in their connection. Those that are very balanced will be almost entirely white. Though I know of no member of the order with out at least some tint."After a half hour of work Anakin still hadn't been able to see anything. He looked at Obi-wan curiously. "What color is your connection?" Obi-wan shook his head. "You know better than that Anakin. You need to check it out for yourself. When you can reliably see others connections then you can ask me about mine. After you look at it." Anakin wrinkled his nose. " I know, I know. I was just hoping that for once you'd tell me something without making me figure stuff out on my own first." Obi-wan smirked. "Well every one needs hope sometimes. Even if it is misplaced" He ruffled Anakin's hair. "So what is today's guess as to my home planet?"
Anakin looked annoyed "You know, there is no one in the temple that actually knows your home planet? They all seem shocked when I tell them it's not Tattooine. That's what they had all assumed." Obi-wan smirked again. "I know. Well keep looking. You will figure it out eventually" He looked at his chrono. "Well it is time for our session to be ending. You worked hard today." Anakin walked with Obi-wan to the door. "Obi-wan?" "Yes Anakin?" "You never said who your Master was." Obi-wan looked down. "No I didn't." He guided Anakin out into the hallway and watched as he walked away. **And I don't plan on telling you. That is a chore that I will not take. I have dealt with enough of the consequence of his actions. I will not deal with another. Master Jinn will have to handle this himself** And Obi-wan headed back into his quarters. He felt the need to meditate.
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