The next day brought numerous interviews and queries of the history of the padawan hopefuls.
The masters hoping to find a padawan were interested in how the children reacted to be separated from their family, how they got along with others, and how their everyday demeanor was while living in such a strict society as the Jedi temple surrounded them with.
Qui-Gon told himself that he was not the least bit interested in the little colorless padawan who had suffered at the hand of Bruck Chun but he decided to do what Mace suggested.
//If I find out about two initiates that Yoda and Bruck are interested in, then maybe I can get to the bottom of this mystery. I will learn why the child possesses no abilities with the saber and that just maybe Bruck is more to my choosing as a padawan. I can prove once and for all that Xanatos does things with the good of the Jedi foremost in his mind. He might be doing them a favor by exposing the Kenobi child for what he is, a child not cut from the cloth that make a Jedi.\\
Jinn went to the first crèche master and mentioned two names off the top of his head. That was just to get the feel of his former initiate master. Then he brought up Bruck Chun.
The crèche master's office grew very quiet at first.
"Let me begin Master Jinn by letting you know that the entire temple knows who your former padawan has chosen for you."
"That may be so, but I choose my own padawans."
"Well if you were a man of your word, then Bruck Chun would not have been on your list as a possible choice."
"What exactly is meant by that? I have seen nothing to indicate Chun would not be worthy to be any master's apprentice. On the contrary he is just the opposite."
The crèche master tapped his fingers on the table as he sat and looked at Chun's back history report.
"Then you look with only your eyes and ignore the force."
"I did not come here to be insulted. Just what do you mean? The force is an integral part of my life. Of course I will use the force when choosing a padawan."
"I suppose the "force" told you to do a back ground check on this one,[ Bruck Chun]?"
"Get to the point man. I do not have all day."
"I do not mean to question you, but you are the first to come in and ask to see Bruck Chun's past history. The first master out of the seven choosing a child this round. I have been visited already by the others in search of a padawan. All, but you saw clear enough to know Chun fought not with the force but with anger powering his saber.."
" Then I did not "see" what you and the other masters saw. Does that make him unworthy of me investigating him further because of how you and the others "see" Bruck Chun? There are those who accuse me of being unfair about the Kenobi child. I just wonder who's is being unfair now and to whom, Initiate Chun? Has Master Yoda come in here telling you of his mystical prophecy of who I should choose?"
"Master Yoda has never said a word about his prophesy to me. I resent your hasty, misdirected assumption."
"Would it surprise you then if I ask about the Kenobi child? I already know where he is going. I think I can guess what the force has planned for that one"
This line of questioning had infuriated the crèche master. He knew each and everyone one of the children. He had raised them since they were babes.
"If you ask as if comparing him to Bruck Chun in some way or belittle him as you seem to be then this discussion is over."
Jinn was a little surprised. While he expected Bruck Chun's past history would be glowing, he expected just the opposite to be true with the Kenobi boy. He collected his himself and put a look of calm back on. Qui-Gon leaned back in his seat a crossed from the other master's desk and settled in to listen intently to what he had to say about both boys.
"I mean no disrespect. I want to know their past history. That is all."
"I hope so. Because it seems that you want me to rally around the Chun child and give him a glowingly perfect report, but quite possibly you would like to confirm your suspicions of the Kenobi child's inabilities. I can't in good conscious do that."
The master stopped in mid-speech to see if he had gotten Jin's attention full or if Master Qui-Gon was going to voice another objection to him not agreeing with his assessment of Initiate Kenobi. He intended to see Obi-Wan be given just as much fairness and respect in considering him an apprentice as Bruck Chun received.
"I can however tell you that Bruck is a shining example of how a Jedi warrior should handle weaponry and battles. It is truly a shame that his abilities in diplomacy are sorely lacking. He has been in more scrapes and mini battles than I can count because of his lack of controlling his anger. Now I do not mean that a master such as you could not correct that. Seems to me Master Yoda himself once had a padawan who required more self-discipline to control his anger when he left here. From what I understand from Master Yoda he turned "O.K."."
The crèche master had been there when Qui was taken as a padawan and that was clearly who he was referring too.
Jinn smiled, relaxed, and crossed his arms over his massive chest, objectively waiting to here more. He grew up around this man. He knew the crèche master to be fair with all his children.
"I am sorry. I guess I have come in here with "guns drawn". I am just trying to best assess my options. What of the boy named Obi-Wan?"
"Well he gets along with others well. He and Bruck have had a few run-ins. I cannot in good conscious say whose fault they were. You know the "code" in the initiates ward. You do not "rat" on someone even if they are bullying you."
Jinn felt that the master meant Bruck was bullying Obi-Wan because the child seemed too little, meek, and timid to bully even a girl.
"The Kenobi boy, did he adjust to Jedi living?"
"Well he is still here isn't here. It was not easy for him. He watched his father be killed and he was snatched from his mother's arm as a child by the apprentice to the sith lord himself."
"Are you sure? Why would a sith want Obi-Wan?"
"Maybe it was not a question of wanting; just a cruel act done to appease the anger of the sith. They are not known for acts of humanity or kindness."
Jinn relaxed once again. When he heard the word "sith", he had jumped to unwarranted conclusions. He immediately realized his conclusions made no sense.. Of course, Darth Sidious would not want a small child to tend too.
"His overall adjustments to the temple and his peers, how are they?"
"Kenobi is probably the best with the living force, better than any initiate ready now. His diplomatic powers will astound a master one day. He can never find or say anything bad about anyone. Nevertheless, as you witnessed yesterday he is not a fighter. Odd though, he tackles everything with a tenacity of a true Jedi warrior. He just has not been able to master his saber techniques."
"Maybe he is lazy or lacking in desire."
"No, lazy he is not and desire; the boy's only one true goal is to be a Jedi Knight. He works harder than the others do in his classes. Not that he is dumb, no he just does it."
The crèche master waited for Jinn too speak but…..
"Well I hoped I have helped you."
"One more thing. If you he had to make judgment call on why the boy is so far behind the others what would you say?"
Master Jinn had put the old master in a dilemma. He would have to speak the truth.
"Quite truthfully I would rather not say but…."
"To the point. I would regard your opinion highly."
"I mean this as no disrespect for it might be Obi-Wan's fault entirely. I am not in his saber class. From what I have been told "your" Knight Xanatos is quite hard on the boy."
"Maybe he is hard on him trying to improve him. Maybe he knows Kenobi is floundering in his saber practices."
"Maybe, but I meant hard to the point of demoralization. He is quite often used as a whipping boy in the class. He is always brought in front of the class when a new and difficult kata is taught. He had been to the healers more than any initiate there had. Here see for yourself."
The crèche master rifled through his papers and pulled out Obi-Wan's data report.
Jinn took it from him and surveyed the report.
//Eight times to the healers after a sparring match. Two times for broken bones, one for a dislocated shoulder.//
"How did he manage to break bones in a saber class?'
"Knight Crion's justified them easily by saying he fell during an acrobatic katas."
"And was he believed? Did you believe him?"
Jinn was getting defensive for his former padawan.
"It is not for me to decide. I would assume they were justified because the healers always check for abuse and none was found."
"So you are saying now that the council and you had him investigated for child abuse?"
"I am saying nothing of the kind. You know as well as I do if you have a padawan or an initiate under you charge and he breaks a bone, the healers always find out why. Like I said Xani was never found to be abusive in any way. Obi-Wan always collaborated the story that Xanatos relayed to the healers."
"Maybe you are right. Maybe the boy is not made to be a fighter. You will have to be the judge of that. I have not picked up a saber in thirty years. I am still a Jedi master, just not one cut out to do the bidding of the council when it comes to battle. Maybe that is Obi-Wan's case. You will have to find that out on your own."
"Let me assure you I will I want the council to know once and for all my former padawan's worth."
Jinn got up to leave.
"Master Jinn I have answered all your questions, answer one for me?"
"Yes."
"Are you here to find a padawan or to vindicate your former one?"…………..
PEACE ewen
The masters hoping to find a padawan were interested in how the children reacted to be separated from their family, how they got along with others, and how their everyday demeanor was while living in such a strict society as the Jedi temple surrounded them with.
Qui-Gon told himself that he was not the least bit interested in the little colorless padawan who had suffered at the hand of Bruck Chun but he decided to do what Mace suggested.
//If I find out about two initiates that Yoda and Bruck are interested in, then maybe I can get to the bottom of this mystery. I will learn why the child possesses no abilities with the saber and that just maybe Bruck is more to my choosing as a padawan. I can prove once and for all that Xanatos does things with the good of the Jedi foremost in his mind. He might be doing them a favor by exposing the Kenobi child for what he is, a child not cut from the cloth that make a Jedi.\\
Jinn went to the first crèche master and mentioned two names off the top of his head. That was just to get the feel of his former initiate master. Then he brought up Bruck Chun.
The crèche master's office grew very quiet at first.
"Let me begin Master Jinn by letting you know that the entire temple knows who your former padawan has chosen for you."
"That may be so, but I choose my own padawans."
"Well if you were a man of your word, then Bruck Chun would not have been on your list as a possible choice."
"What exactly is meant by that? I have seen nothing to indicate Chun would not be worthy to be any master's apprentice. On the contrary he is just the opposite."
The crèche master tapped his fingers on the table as he sat and looked at Chun's back history report.
"Then you look with only your eyes and ignore the force."
"I did not come here to be insulted. Just what do you mean? The force is an integral part of my life. Of course I will use the force when choosing a padawan."
"I suppose the "force" told you to do a back ground check on this one,[ Bruck Chun]?"
"Get to the point man. I do not have all day."
"I do not mean to question you, but you are the first to come in and ask to see Bruck Chun's past history. The first master out of the seven choosing a child this round. I have been visited already by the others in search of a padawan. All, but you saw clear enough to know Chun fought not with the force but with anger powering his saber.."
" Then I did not "see" what you and the other masters saw. Does that make him unworthy of me investigating him further because of how you and the others "see" Bruck Chun? There are those who accuse me of being unfair about the Kenobi child. I just wonder who's is being unfair now and to whom, Initiate Chun? Has Master Yoda come in here telling you of his mystical prophecy of who I should choose?"
"Master Yoda has never said a word about his prophesy to me. I resent your hasty, misdirected assumption."
"Would it surprise you then if I ask about the Kenobi child? I already know where he is going. I think I can guess what the force has planned for that one"
This line of questioning had infuriated the crèche master. He knew each and everyone one of the children. He had raised them since they were babes.
"If you ask as if comparing him to Bruck Chun in some way or belittle him as you seem to be then this discussion is over."
Jinn was a little surprised. While he expected Bruck Chun's past history would be glowing, he expected just the opposite to be true with the Kenobi boy. He collected his himself and put a look of calm back on. Qui-Gon leaned back in his seat a crossed from the other master's desk and settled in to listen intently to what he had to say about both boys.
"I mean no disrespect. I want to know their past history. That is all."
"I hope so. Because it seems that you want me to rally around the Chun child and give him a glowingly perfect report, but quite possibly you would like to confirm your suspicions of the Kenobi child's inabilities. I can't in good conscious do that."
The master stopped in mid-speech to see if he had gotten Jin's attention full or if Master Qui-Gon was going to voice another objection to him not agreeing with his assessment of Initiate Kenobi. He intended to see Obi-Wan be given just as much fairness and respect in considering him an apprentice as Bruck Chun received.
"I can however tell you that Bruck is a shining example of how a Jedi warrior should handle weaponry and battles. It is truly a shame that his abilities in diplomacy are sorely lacking. He has been in more scrapes and mini battles than I can count because of his lack of controlling his anger. Now I do not mean that a master such as you could not correct that. Seems to me Master Yoda himself once had a padawan who required more self-discipline to control his anger when he left here. From what I understand from Master Yoda he turned "O.K."."
The crèche master had been there when Qui was taken as a padawan and that was clearly who he was referring too.
Jinn smiled, relaxed, and crossed his arms over his massive chest, objectively waiting to here more. He grew up around this man. He knew the crèche master to be fair with all his children.
"I am sorry. I guess I have come in here with "guns drawn". I am just trying to best assess my options. What of the boy named Obi-Wan?"
"Well he gets along with others well. He and Bruck have had a few run-ins. I cannot in good conscious say whose fault they were. You know the "code" in the initiates ward. You do not "rat" on someone even if they are bullying you."
Jinn felt that the master meant Bruck was bullying Obi-Wan because the child seemed too little, meek, and timid to bully even a girl.
"The Kenobi boy, did he adjust to Jedi living?"
"Well he is still here isn't here. It was not easy for him. He watched his father be killed and he was snatched from his mother's arm as a child by the apprentice to the sith lord himself."
"Are you sure? Why would a sith want Obi-Wan?"
"Maybe it was not a question of wanting; just a cruel act done to appease the anger of the sith. They are not known for acts of humanity or kindness."
Jinn relaxed once again. When he heard the word "sith", he had jumped to unwarranted conclusions. He immediately realized his conclusions made no sense.. Of course, Darth Sidious would not want a small child to tend too.
"His overall adjustments to the temple and his peers, how are they?"
"Kenobi is probably the best with the living force, better than any initiate ready now. His diplomatic powers will astound a master one day. He can never find or say anything bad about anyone. Nevertheless, as you witnessed yesterday he is not a fighter. Odd though, he tackles everything with a tenacity of a true Jedi warrior. He just has not been able to master his saber techniques."
"Maybe he is lazy or lacking in desire."
"No, lazy he is not and desire; the boy's only one true goal is to be a Jedi Knight. He works harder than the others do in his classes. Not that he is dumb, no he just does it."
The crèche master waited for Jinn too speak but…..
"Well I hoped I have helped you."
"One more thing. If you he had to make judgment call on why the boy is so far behind the others what would you say?"
Master Jinn had put the old master in a dilemma. He would have to speak the truth.
"Quite truthfully I would rather not say but…."
"To the point. I would regard your opinion highly."
"I mean this as no disrespect for it might be Obi-Wan's fault entirely. I am not in his saber class. From what I have been told "your" Knight Xanatos is quite hard on the boy."
"Maybe he is hard on him trying to improve him. Maybe he knows Kenobi is floundering in his saber practices."
"Maybe, but I meant hard to the point of demoralization. He is quite often used as a whipping boy in the class. He is always brought in front of the class when a new and difficult kata is taught. He had been to the healers more than any initiate there had. Here see for yourself."
The crèche master rifled through his papers and pulled out Obi-Wan's data report.
Jinn took it from him and surveyed the report.
//Eight times to the healers after a sparring match. Two times for broken bones, one for a dislocated shoulder.//
"How did he manage to break bones in a saber class?'
"Knight Crion's justified them easily by saying he fell during an acrobatic katas."
"And was he believed? Did you believe him?"
Jinn was getting defensive for his former padawan.
"It is not for me to decide. I would assume they were justified because the healers always check for abuse and none was found."
"So you are saying now that the council and you had him investigated for child abuse?"
"I am saying nothing of the kind. You know as well as I do if you have a padawan or an initiate under you charge and he breaks a bone, the healers always find out why. Like I said Xani was never found to be abusive in any way. Obi-Wan always collaborated the story that Xanatos relayed to the healers."
"Maybe you are right. Maybe the boy is not made to be a fighter. You will have to be the judge of that. I have not picked up a saber in thirty years. I am still a Jedi master, just not one cut out to do the bidding of the council when it comes to battle. Maybe that is Obi-Wan's case. You will have to find that out on your own."
"Let me assure you I will I want the council to know once and for all my former padawan's worth."
Jinn got up to leave.
"Master Jinn I have answered all your questions, answer one for me?"
"Yes."
"Are you here to find a padawan or to vindicate your former one?"…………..
PEACE ewen