Qui-Gon left the crèche master feeling more confused than he already had been.
"He had never known the old crèche master to speak unfairly about an initiate. He would assume that would go for a Knight even Xanatos.
//Something in this picture is not fitting. I have to solve the puzzle and get this kid out of my hair. Maybe he has latched onto me through the force as a security blanket; it's an idle wish by him that I would take him as a padawan and now it has had formed into some mutated bond that is in fact not cohesive. I know that must be it.//
Jinn could try to rationalize how the bond formed and he was doing some "way off the wall" rationalization, but he had no intentions of letting the bond form to its entirety. He knew if one or the other refused the bond and stayed closed off to the one who trying to bond with him then the bond would eventually become dormant, then later non-existent. That was exactly what Qui-Gon planned to do.
Qui-Gon had been wandering through the temple gardens and found himself in the gardens where the Olympic sized pool was. He noticed that the initiate Master Tahl intended to take was swimming. She was quite good he noted to himself.
//Why shouldn't she be, she is of an aquatic species.//
Jinn got another investigative idea. He decided to ask this little initiate about Obi-Wan. Maybe she could shine some light on what was going on.
Jinn very quietly walked up to the little girl swimming but by being so quiet she did not know he was there. When she jumped out of the water she inadvertently splashed Master Jinn right in the face.
Bant was afraid at first that she was in trouble, but the smile that spread a crossed the master's face let her know the opposite was true.
"I came for conversation initiate not a bath."
The little initiate, Bant laughed out loud as she handed Master Jinn a towel to dry off with.
//He's not as mean as some say he is. I thought that was where Xanatos got his cruelty from, his master//
She quickly released her fearful thoughts into the force. She knew she was wrong to have thought them about either master or the knight. Just because Knight Xanatos did seem cruel to Obi-Wan did not mean he was, for she was not sure how a saber master should act with a child. Maybe Obi-Wan had done something and she did not know about it.
"I would like to ask you a few questions Soon-to-be-padawan Bant."
At being called an almost padawan brought delight to the little girl and it showed through her smile.
"Well I am very hopeful that Master Tahl will be taking me on as her padawan. I guess I really should not say that for it is not official."
"I am a very old friend of your future master and official is the only thing it is not. I have heard rave reviews from her about you."
"So it is O.K. I mean if I just mention it to you. I know I am not allowed to discuss it with the other initiates."
"It's fine if you don't mention it to anyone else. It is a secret just between us."
Now Bant felt very important. Master Jinn not only knew who she was, but now they were sharing a "secret".
"I would like to ask you a couple of questions that would be just be between you and I. Is that all right?"
"Sure Master Jinn. I mean I will answer anything I can, if I know the answer."
"Do you know the little reddish blonde initiate by the name of Kenobi."
"Oh sure Master Jinn. I have known Obi-Wan since I first came here. I guess you could say he is my best friend."
Jinn was delighted that the girl knew this Kenobi. Maybe she would know what was going on.
"Well I was wondering why he seemed so far behind in his saber classes?"
Bant had been wrongly hopeful that the master was interested in Obi-Wan, now with a question like that it did not seem so.
"I don't know Master Jinn, I mean Obi-Wan has some difficulties in his saber class."
"He is in your class right with Knight Xanatos as your instructor? I mean no disrespect to your friend but you seem so much further ahead in saber usage than he is."
Bant liked being complimented, but she felt really bad because Master Jinn saw and realized how bad Obi-Wan really was.
"I know he is kinda like maybe back a little but please don't blame him Master Jinn. It's.. Well you see master I hope I don't make you angry, but it seems sometimes that Knight Xanatos and Obi-Wan do not get along very well. I mean it seems that way."
Jinn knew the girl was worried about saying something against his former padawan, so he tried to reassure her."
"Maybe Knight Xanatos is too hard on him. Could that be it? "
"Maybe master. I mean he does use Obi-Wan for his demonstrations and he knows that Obi can't defend himself. He gets hurt a lot."
'You mean he gets burnt with the saber because he can not defend himself as well as the others?"
"That too, but sometimes he stays after class so I guess Knight Xanatos is working extra with him to try to make him better with the saber."
Bant did not believe her words for a second, but that is what Knight Xani would tell the class when Obi-Wan was required to stay after regular class.
//I knew Xani was being fair to the boy. He had evidently been tutoring him in his saber classes and still the boy lacking in any real saber techniques.//
Bant continued.
"Like I said he must be helping him but Obi-Wan gets hurt an awful in those extra classes."
//Was the girl implying something?//
Jinn got the feeling that she was.
"What do you mean, hurt? Burns or were the broken bones and shoulder dislocations gotten after class?"
"Oh you know about those? Well all of those injuries other than saber burns were gotten in his after class training with just he and Knight Xanatos. Sometimes Bruck was there."
"You never stayed for any of the classes with Obi-Wan?"
"No one was "allowed" to stay except Bruck."
Jinn did not like the sound of that.
"Oh, well I guess I should let you go before it is time for last-meal. Maybe I will see you there . I am eating with Master Tahl."
The only good thing about their conversation was the smile that blossomed on the little girl's face with the mention of Master Tahl .
They will be good together, master and apprentice.
Bant started to leave.
"Master Jinn did Knight Xanatos break a lot of bones when he was in saber practice, as your padawan?"
"None that I can think of, why?"
"Just wondering. I mean Obi-Wan is the only one who has broken a bone this year in Knight Xanatos' class."
"I don't mean to say bad things about your friend, but maybe he is clumsy when doing an aerial routine."
"I guess you are right. Although he isn't usually "that" clumsy in our class. Knight Xanatos must have been really trying to help him in those private sessions. Obi-Wan would get so upset with him after leaving one."
"How could you tell he was upset?"
"Promise not to tell anyone this Master Jinn. I don't want anyone in trouble, Obi-Wan orKnight Xanatos. I don't think I was suppose to see what I saw. I mean after that Knight Xanatos kept the training door locked when he was having a private class with Obi-Wan."
Now Jinn was curious as to what she meant.
"I promise. What is it you wish to tell me?"
"I have never seen Obi-Wan come from one of those practice sessions where he wasn't crying."
That didn't mean anything thought Master Jinn.
//The child is weak.//
"Is that all Bant? What was it you saw that you thought you shouldn't have seen?"
"Oh yea, I was just going to tell you that. I was waiting on Obi-Wan one time and I started to go in and I saw… Well.."
"It's all right. I need to know, what did you see?"
"Knight Xanatos hit Obi-Wan right a crossed his face so hard that he thrown a crossed the room and hit the far wall.. I think that was the day that he did something wrong with the fourth kata and broke his arm. I guess Obi-Wan was trying so hard because Knight Xanatos was displeased with him."
Jinn could not get a good breath. Unless the child just slipped on the floor there was nothing done in mid-air in the fourth kata. It was a very basic kata that did not require jumping in the air in any way.
//Xanatos knows better than to strike a child. If Obi-Wan had told and with a broken arm that day.. The young knight could have gotten into trouble even expelled from the order.//
Jinn did not think it possible that Xani was guilty of any wrongdoing when it came to a child.
//He is guilty of nothing but trying to help the child..//
" I thought you said he always locked the door"
" Like I said before Knight Xanatos started locking the door after I walked in on them; he did keep the door locked after that, but the first time…Well anyway.. Obi-Wan broke his arm and had a lot of other bruises on him. I guess it wasn't his day....."
Jinn released any negative thoughts about "his" Xani into the force.
//There is no way Xanatos is capable of abusing a child, even a child he does not particularly care for……….. //
PEACE ewen
"He had never known the old crèche master to speak unfairly about an initiate. He would assume that would go for a Knight even Xanatos.
//Something in this picture is not fitting. I have to solve the puzzle and get this kid out of my hair. Maybe he has latched onto me through the force as a security blanket; it's an idle wish by him that I would take him as a padawan and now it has had formed into some mutated bond that is in fact not cohesive. I know that must be it.//
Jinn could try to rationalize how the bond formed and he was doing some "way off the wall" rationalization, but he had no intentions of letting the bond form to its entirety. He knew if one or the other refused the bond and stayed closed off to the one who trying to bond with him then the bond would eventually become dormant, then later non-existent. That was exactly what Qui-Gon planned to do.
Qui-Gon had been wandering through the temple gardens and found himself in the gardens where the Olympic sized pool was. He noticed that the initiate Master Tahl intended to take was swimming. She was quite good he noted to himself.
//Why shouldn't she be, she is of an aquatic species.//
Jinn got another investigative idea. He decided to ask this little initiate about Obi-Wan. Maybe she could shine some light on what was going on.
Jinn very quietly walked up to the little girl swimming but by being so quiet she did not know he was there. When she jumped out of the water she inadvertently splashed Master Jinn right in the face.
Bant was afraid at first that she was in trouble, but the smile that spread a crossed the master's face let her know the opposite was true.
"I came for conversation initiate not a bath."
The little initiate, Bant laughed out loud as she handed Master Jinn a towel to dry off with.
//He's not as mean as some say he is. I thought that was where Xanatos got his cruelty from, his master//
She quickly released her fearful thoughts into the force. She knew she was wrong to have thought them about either master or the knight. Just because Knight Xanatos did seem cruel to Obi-Wan did not mean he was, for she was not sure how a saber master should act with a child. Maybe Obi-Wan had done something and she did not know about it.
"I would like to ask you a few questions Soon-to-be-padawan Bant."
At being called an almost padawan brought delight to the little girl and it showed through her smile.
"Well I am very hopeful that Master Tahl will be taking me on as her padawan. I guess I really should not say that for it is not official."
"I am a very old friend of your future master and official is the only thing it is not. I have heard rave reviews from her about you."
"So it is O.K. I mean if I just mention it to you. I know I am not allowed to discuss it with the other initiates."
"It's fine if you don't mention it to anyone else. It is a secret just between us."
Now Bant felt very important. Master Jinn not only knew who she was, but now they were sharing a "secret".
"I would like to ask you a couple of questions that would be just be between you and I. Is that all right?"
"Sure Master Jinn. I mean I will answer anything I can, if I know the answer."
"Do you know the little reddish blonde initiate by the name of Kenobi."
"Oh sure Master Jinn. I have known Obi-Wan since I first came here. I guess you could say he is my best friend."
Jinn was delighted that the girl knew this Kenobi. Maybe she would know what was going on.
"Well I was wondering why he seemed so far behind in his saber classes?"
Bant had been wrongly hopeful that the master was interested in Obi-Wan, now with a question like that it did not seem so.
"I don't know Master Jinn, I mean Obi-Wan has some difficulties in his saber class."
"He is in your class right with Knight Xanatos as your instructor? I mean no disrespect to your friend but you seem so much further ahead in saber usage than he is."
Bant liked being complimented, but she felt really bad because Master Jinn saw and realized how bad Obi-Wan really was.
"I know he is kinda like maybe back a little but please don't blame him Master Jinn. It's.. Well you see master I hope I don't make you angry, but it seems sometimes that Knight Xanatos and Obi-Wan do not get along very well. I mean it seems that way."
Jinn knew the girl was worried about saying something against his former padawan, so he tried to reassure her."
"Maybe Knight Xanatos is too hard on him. Could that be it? "
"Maybe master. I mean he does use Obi-Wan for his demonstrations and he knows that Obi can't defend himself. He gets hurt a lot."
'You mean he gets burnt with the saber because he can not defend himself as well as the others?"
"That too, but sometimes he stays after class so I guess Knight Xanatos is working extra with him to try to make him better with the saber."
Bant did not believe her words for a second, but that is what Knight Xani would tell the class when Obi-Wan was required to stay after regular class.
//I knew Xani was being fair to the boy. He had evidently been tutoring him in his saber classes and still the boy lacking in any real saber techniques.//
Bant continued.
"Like I said he must be helping him but Obi-Wan gets hurt an awful in those extra classes."
//Was the girl implying something?//
Jinn got the feeling that she was.
"What do you mean, hurt? Burns or were the broken bones and shoulder dislocations gotten after class?"
"Oh you know about those? Well all of those injuries other than saber burns were gotten in his after class training with just he and Knight Xanatos. Sometimes Bruck was there."
"You never stayed for any of the classes with Obi-Wan?"
"No one was "allowed" to stay except Bruck."
Jinn did not like the sound of that.
"Oh, well I guess I should let you go before it is time for last-meal. Maybe I will see you there . I am eating with Master Tahl."
The only good thing about their conversation was the smile that blossomed on the little girl's face with the mention of Master Tahl .
They will be good together, master and apprentice.
Bant started to leave.
"Master Jinn did Knight Xanatos break a lot of bones when he was in saber practice, as your padawan?"
"None that I can think of, why?"
"Just wondering. I mean Obi-Wan is the only one who has broken a bone this year in Knight Xanatos' class."
"I don't mean to say bad things about your friend, but maybe he is clumsy when doing an aerial routine."
"I guess you are right. Although he isn't usually "that" clumsy in our class. Knight Xanatos must have been really trying to help him in those private sessions. Obi-Wan would get so upset with him after leaving one."
"How could you tell he was upset?"
"Promise not to tell anyone this Master Jinn. I don't want anyone in trouble, Obi-Wan orKnight Xanatos. I don't think I was suppose to see what I saw. I mean after that Knight Xanatos kept the training door locked when he was having a private class with Obi-Wan."
Now Jinn was curious as to what she meant.
"I promise. What is it you wish to tell me?"
"I have never seen Obi-Wan come from one of those practice sessions where he wasn't crying."
That didn't mean anything thought Master Jinn.
//The child is weak.//
"Is that all Bant? What was it you saw that you thought you shouldn't have seen?"
"Oh yea, I was just going to tell you that. I was waiting on Obi-Wan one time and I started to go in and I saw… Well.."
"It's all right. I need to know, what did you see?"
"Knight Xanatos hit Obi-Wan right a crossed his face so hard that he thrown a crossed the room and hit the far wall.. I think that was the day that he did something wrong with the fourth kata and broke his arm. I guess Obi-Wan was trying so hard because Knight Xanatos was displeased with him."
Jinn could not get a good breath. Unless the child just slipped on the floor there was nothing done in mid-air in the fourth kata. It was a very basic kata that did not require jumping in the air in any way.
//Xanatos knows better than to strike a child. If Obi-Wan had told and with a broken arm that day.. The young knight could have gotten into trouble even expelled from the order.//
Jinn did not think it possible that Xani was guilty of any wrongdoing when it came to a child.
//He is guilty of nothing but trying to help the child..//
" I thought you said he always locked the door"
" Like I said before Knight Xanatos started locking the door after I walked in on them; he did keep the door locked after that, but the first time…Well anyway.. Obi-Wan broke his arm and had a lot of other bruises on him. I guess it wasn't his day....."
Jinn released any negative thoughts about "his" Xani into the force.
//There is no way Xanatos is capable of abusing a child, even a child he does not particularly care for……….. //
PEACE ewen