Jinn knew he could not keep the secret about flailing bond for long. Someone would start to feel the new bond through the force. If it was indeed a bond with this Kenobi then it would have to be broken. Qui-Gon knew it could be easily severed if the bond was not fully formed and at its strongest.
This beginning of a bond was just a gentle stirring through the force struggling to form by linking the master and apprentice conjointly together mentally. That connection could not be made if one of the two being joined was refusing it, especially if that one was the stronger of the two with his force abilities.
He would confront the boy subtly and then demand the temple healers break the bond after he had explained it to the boy why he could not take the boy as his padawan.
//This Kenobi is trouble. I can feel it in every fiber of my soul. I am too old to deal with this much confusion in my life. I do not want him and no matter what the force demands, I will not have him as a padawan.//
Master Yoda did not question Jinn when his former padawan asked that a very private meeting be set up that evening between he and that Kenobi kid as Jinn was so overly fond of referring him too. Qui-Gon seemed to think it was less personal and more distant if he did not refer to Obi-Wan by his name.
Obi-Wan was a little shocked after entering Master Yoda's apartment and the little troll of a master abruptly left, leaving him alone or so he thought.
"You may come in. Master Yoda will be gone quite sometime I'm afraid."
The face to the voice peered around the wingback chair and sure enough it was Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan remembered how cruel Jinn had spoken about him the day of the saber exhibition and Obi-Wan thought that maybe Master Jinn was as abusive as Knight Xanatos.
//Maybe I am in trouble for shaming his former padawan by doing so poorly with my saber drill. Maybe Master Jinn will hit me like…..//
His thoughts trailed off and Jinn could not help but see the look of terror on Obi-Wan's face.
"You need not fear me child I have asked you hear for some questions that need answered. Then you will be free to go back to your quarters."
Jinn wanted to settle this bond issue once and for all, but he also had to know about the injuries incurred by the initiate. He had been going over the healer's report over and over and some things like the dislocated shoulder did not fit into the scheme of a simple kata Obi-Wan was doing the day he was injured.
Jinn was determined to find the truth. While he was sure there would be an explanation of the injuries, a little fear was still held by the master that maybe the injuries were inflicted on the child because of anger; his former padawan's anger.
Jinn had been feeling anger roll off Xanatos at mention of Obi-Wan's name. What Qui-Gon was less and less sure about was if Xanatos directed that anger directly to Obi-Wan by striking him or maybe even something worse...
"You may take a seat Initiate Kenobi."
Obi-Wan was hesitant to move closer to Master Jinn and that is what he would have to do to reach Master Yoda's sleep couch. He edged his way further into Master Yoda's home, never once losing eye contact with the master who sat glaring at him.
Maybe he wasn't glaring as Obi-Wan imagined, but his eyes never wavered from Kenobi. The child made sure he did not turn his back on the big master as he reached the little sleep couch and slid into the seat. Master Jinn was sitting in the only regular size chair in the room. It was technically his because it was gotten for him by Master Yoda when Qui-Gon was his padawan. Jinn could not have possibly sat on the diminutive furniture that dotted Master Yoda's apartment.
"WWh..at dd.id you want to sse.e me about sir?"
Qui-Gon stopped abruptly before he spoke. He did not know that boy had a speech impediment
"Answers Obi-Wan. I only need answers from you and you can be on our way."
Obi-Wan looked nervously at the door as if expecting or hoping that Master Yoda would return soon.
"I'm afraid that Master Yoda will not be returning for a long while. I think that maybe you should also tightened your shields."
Obi-Wan had been too terrified at having been brought here to talk with Master Jinn that he had forgotten to even raise his shields, let alone tighten them.
Jinn almost flinched when the boy suddenly clamped his shields closed, keeping his thoughts from bleeding to the other force sensitives, himself included.
//There that is better.// Master Jinn thought.
Master Qui-Gon tested his shields to be sure they were closed as tightly as the child's before him.
He noticed that the boy was stuttering but he did not know if it was a speech impediment or his words were having trouble forming because the wave of fear that continued to be emitted from the child. Even with his shields closed, Jinn could feel it.. One did not did need to possess the force to know that the little initiate before him was trembling with anticipation at having been brought before a master of Jinn's stature.
"Do you always stuttered?"
The question was not meant to hurt the little boy, but Jinn could tell almost immediately that Obi-Wan's feelings was hurt by it.
"NNo. Wwell no..nnot usually. I haven't for a long timme.. I use to real badd, when I first came after mmmy pparents wwere killed and Master Yoda brought mme hhere..sssir. SSorry ssir. I wwill.. Try.. To talk…bett.er.
Obi-Wan's tongue seemed to hang on every word dragging at least the first letter into a double letter.
Now Qui-Gon knew he had been acting extremely cruel to the boy of late, which was out of character for him, but he would never go so far as criticize a person, especially a little person, for having a speech impediment which would not in any way hinder his status in the Jedi community.
The only thing that might hinder Obi-Wan was not the actual speech problem, but the reason for it…..
//There I said it again "little person". Maybe Master Tahl is right, I should tackle this situation as if Obi-Wan is a regular child outside these temple walls. No, that is ridiculous. He is not like the children out side this temple. A great deal of pressure is put on these little ones here. He is expected to be far more advanced than the children of Coruscant, I can not treat him in anyway other than with his Jedi training in mind.//
"Is this the only other time you have had your speech problem since you arrived at the temple?"
Jinn was trying to find out if Obi-Wan stuttered during times of extreme duress.
"Well nno I hhave had t-roubble one o..other timme."
Jinn checked the healers report before him and found all the info he needed about the little's ones nervous condition, for that is what it was. The only other time the stuttering had occurred was the day Obi-Wan suffered so many injuries while with his former padawan, Knight Xanatos.
//The day Initiate Bant witnessed Xanatos striking Obi-Wan Kenobi…..…//
PEACE ewen
This beginning of a bond was just a gentle stirring through the force struggling to form by linking the master and apprentice conjointly together mentally. That connection could not be made if one of the two being joined was refusing it, especially if that one was the stronger of the two with his force abilities.
He would confront the boy subtly and then demand the temple healers break the bond after he had explained it to the boy why he could not take the boy as his padawan.
//This Kenobi is trouble. I can feel it in every fiber of my soul. I am too old to deal with this much confusion in my life. I do not want him and no matter what the force demands, I will not have him as a padawan.//
Master Yoda did not question Jinn when his former padawan asked that a very private meeting be set up that evening between he and that Kenobi kid as Jinn was so overly fond of referring him too. Qui-Gon seemed to think it was less personal and more distant if he did not refer to Obi-Wan by his name.
Obi-Wan was a little shocked after entering Master Yoda's apartment and the little troll of a master abruptly left, leaving him alone or so he thought.
"You may come in. Master Yoda will be gone quite sometime I'm afraid."
The face to the voice peered around the wingback chair and sure enough it was Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan remembered how cruel Jinn had spoken about him the day of the saber exhibition and Obi-Wan thought that maybe Master Jinn was as abusive as Knight Xanatos.
//Maybe I am in trouble for shaming his former padawan by doing so poorly with my saber drill. Maybe Master Jinn will hit me like…..//
His thoughts trailed off and Jinn could not help but see the look of terror on Obi-Wan's face.
"You need not fear me child I have asked you hear for some questions that need answered. Then you will be free to go back to your quarters."
Jinn wanted to settle this bond issue once and for all, but he also had to know about the injuries incurred by the initiate. He had been going over the healer's report over and over and some things like the dislocated shoulder did not fit into the scheme of a simple kata Obi-Wan was doing the day he was injured.
Jinn was determined to find the truth. While he was sure there would be an explanation of the injuries, a little fear was still held by the master that maybe the injuries were inflicted on the child because of anger; his former padawan's anger.
Jinn had been feeling anger roll off Xanatos at mention of Obi-Wan's name. What Qui-Gon was less and less sure about was if Xanatos directed that anger directly to Obi-Wan by striking him or maybe even something worse...
"You may take a seat Initiate Kenobi."
Obi-Wan was hesitant to move closer to Master Jinn and that is what he would have to do to reach Master Yoda's sleep couch. He edged his way further into Master Yoda's home, never once losing eye contact with the master who sat glaring at him.
Maybe he wasn't glaring as Obi-Wan imagined, but his eyes never wavered from Kenobi. The child made sure he did not turn his back on the big master as he reached the little sleep couch and slid into the seat. Master Jinn was sitting in the only regular size chair in the room. It was technically his because it was gotten for him by Master Yoda when Qui-Gon was his padawan. Jinn could not have possibly sat on the diminutive furniture that dotted Master Yoda's apartment.
"WWh..at dd.id you want to sse.e me about sir?"
Qui-Gon stopped abruptly before he spoke. He did not know that boy had a speech impediment
"Answers Obi-Wan. I only need answers from you and you can be on our way."
Obi-Wan looked nervously at the door as if expecting or hoping that Master Yoda would return soon.
"I'm afraid that Master Yoda will not be returning for a long while. I think that maybe you should also tightened your shields."
Obi-Wan had been too terrified at having been brought here to talk with Master Jinn that he had forgotten to even raise his shields, let alone tighten them.
Jinn almost flinched when the boy suddenly clamped his shields closed, keeping his thoughts from bleeding to the other force sensitives, himself included.
//There that is better.// Master Jinn thought.
Master Qui-Gon tested his shields to be sure they were closed as tightly as the child's before him.
He noticed that the boy was stuttering but he did not know if it was a speech impediment or his words were having trouble forming because the wave of fear that continued to be emitted from the child. Even with his shields closed, Jinn could feel it.. One did not did need to possess the force to know that the little initiate before him was trembling with anticipation at having been brought before a master of Jinn's stature.
"Do you always stuttered?"
The question was not meant to hurt the little boy, but Jinn could tell almost immediately that Obi-Wan's feelings was hurt by it.
"NNo. Wwell no..nnot usually. I haven't for a long timme.. I use to real badd, when I first came after mmmy pparents wwere killed and Master Yoda brought mme hhere..sssir. SSorry ssir. I wwill.. Try.. To talk…bett.er.
Obi-Wan's tongue seemed to hang on every word dragging at least the first letter into a double letter.
Now Qui-Gon knew he had been acting extremely cruel to the boy of late, which was out of character for him, but he would never go so far as criticize a person, especially a little person, for having a speech impediment which would not in any way hinder his status in the Jedi community.
The only thing that might hinder Obi-Wan was not the actual speech problem, but the reason for it…..
//There I said it again "little person". Maybe Master Tahl is right, I should tackle this situation as if Obi-Wan is a regular child outside these temple walls. No, that is ridiculous. He is not like the children out side this temple. A great deal of pressure is put on these little ones here. He is expected to be far more advanced than the children of Coruscant, I can not treat him in anyway other than with his Jedi training in mind.//
"Is this the only other time you have had your speech problem since you arrived at the temple?"
Jinn was trying to find out if Obi-Wan stuttered during times of extreme duress.
"Well nno I hhave had t-roubble one o..other timme."
Jinn checked the healers report before him and found all the info he needed about the little's ones nervous condition, for that is what it was. The only other time the stuttering had occurred was the day Obi-Wan suffered so many injuries while with his former padawan, Knight Xanatos.
//The day Initiate Bant witnessed Xanatos striking Obi-Wan Kenobi…..…//
PEACE ewen