Qui-gon looked up as Anakin came back into their quarters. The boy had an extremely perplexed look on his face. Qui-gon decided he might as well bite the bullet and ask Anakin what was troubling him. At least this way an awkward question would not come up in front of another master. "How did the session go?" Anakin looked up at Qui-gon startled. "Oh it was okay. Obi-wan is teaching me how to see peoples force connections."

Qui-gon raised an eyebrow. "Force connection? I don't know that I remember ever teaching...learning how to do that." Anakin slowly walked over to the sofa, deep in thought. "Well it is kinda like seeing peoples aura I guess. I can't quite do it yet." Anakin took a deep breath. "Qui-gon, sir?" Qui-gon came and sat down next to the child. "Yes Anakin?" Anakin didn't look up. "Who was Obi-wan's Master?" Qui-gon sucked in a deep breath. "Why do you want to know?" Anakin stayed focused on his hands. "Umm well I asked Obi-wan why he is so sad and stuff today. And he told me that his master had dismissed him and that you two don't get along because you have not agreed really loudly in the past. But he never said who his master is and he told me that he is sad is connected to his master. And I wanna know who his master is so I can ask him some stuff."

Qui-gon spoke again. "What stuff Ani?" Anakin wrung his hands. "Well it was, what is Obi-wan's native planet and how did Obi-wan learn the cool stuff he teaches me. Now I just wanna know why he hurt Obi-wan." Qui-gon stood and walked to the window. He stood staring out for so long that Anakin almost though he had forgotten where he was. But then he spoke. "I am Obi-wan's Master." Anakin stared in shock. **Oh no please. I didn't want it to be him!**

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Anakin watched as Qui-gon settled himself beck into a chair. This time he was on the other side of the room. "Qui-gon, sir, why did you do that to Obi-wan?" Qui-gon rubbed his face in his hands. "It was never supposed to get this far. I left him 10 years ago because i felt I could not trust him. He had lied to me about something. But more of it was I couldn't handle what he told me. So I requested a solo mission. I was only supposed to be one or two! Just enough time away to get a handle on things. But one or two became more. And I kept going. I convinced myself it was better that way. And by the time I realized it wasn't better for me and it definitely was not better for him, it was too late. And then I was sent on the mission to Naboo and I met you and well, you know what happened in the council chambers." Anakin looked at Qui-gon. "You haven't talked to him in ten years!?" Qui-gon shook his head. And as Anakin watched tears began to slide down his face. "He doesn't need me now. He'll become a knight in a months time. And he will never want to speak to me again. I just can't bring myself to ruin his life more than I already have." Anakin got up and walked over to Qui-gon. He wormed his way into his arms. "Don't worry. I'll never leave you. I'll never make you not trust me. You are all I have" And Qui-gon wrapped his arms around the boy as they both sat in the twilight.

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Obi-wan had just settled in after his session with Anakin when the chime rang. Not feeling energetic enough to move he just yelled. "It's open!" And a moment later the door swished open. He looked up and didn't see anyone in the room. And before he could look else where Yoda settled himself on the pillows across from him. "Go well, did the session?" HE asked. Obi-wan nodded. "Once we actually started looking at force connections he did fine." Yoda perked his ears. "Started? Did something else first?" Obi-wan looked steadily at his master. "He asked me why I am so sad. Why I am not nice with Qui-gon and who my master was. I answered the first two, after a fashion. But the third....I just couldn't make myself answer it. He's probably asking Qui-gon right now." Obi-wan dropped his head back to rest against the cushions. "I'm amazed. Qui-gon hasn't as of yet come to talk to me. Other than a small conversation yesterday I haven't seen him at all. I suppose that answers my question as to whether or not he was sad about his actions." Yoda shifted and looked at the heart broken young man in front of him. He suddenly felt the need to have a conversation with his padawan. And he definitely would need his gimmer stick. It looked like the only way he was going to get Qui-gon's attention was through force. But that could wait right now the boy he had helped raise and train from the age of 15 was hurting. And there was no reason he could think of that he should leave the boy, no this man alone. So Master and Padawan in all but name, sat in the twilight. Thinking. And remembering.

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