~~21~~
"How are we suppose to watch the kid if we aren't allowed to see him?" Alexi asked Yenshu as they sat around the table.
"We will be cautious. We need to be invisible. We can watch him from a distance. We just need to have."
"I know, I know, patience. What else is new? Why can't Jedi ever be spontaneous?" Alexi said, cutting off his master.
"Jedi are spontaneous Alexi. Just not the way you want us to be." Yenshu explained. "Please Alexi, just calm down. Breath for heaven's sake! Sometimes we need to take our time on things."
"Taking our time on some things, yes, I will concede to that. But this? Luke Skywalker could die any time and we are just sitting here talking about taking our time. Don't you care about him? Don't you care that our future is in that ten-year-old's hands?"
"Shut your mouth Alexi!" Yenshu commanded, raising her hand and nearly slapping him. "I care for that boy more than you do! You're only complaining because you didn't want this assignment! I know that that boy holds our future and the future of the Jedi! I know that he is the life or perhaps death of us! You watch yourself when you speak to me about matters of the Jedi!" Yenshu took a breath and rested her hand. "I care for the Jedi far more than you and you will never understand that because you weren't here when the Jedi thrived. You never experienced the closeness each Jedi shared with all of the other Jedi. You will never grasp that we would die before we turned our back on another Jedi. Do you know why the Jedi follow the Order? Do you know why the Jedi listened to the Counsel? No, because you've never experienced the Jedi as a group, you've just experienced me, a lousy Padawan that never actually was promoted by the Counsel. A Padawan that just took on the title after she saw her first Master killed before her eyes and her second mortally wounded. You will never understand Alexi, so why do I even try to make you?" Yenshu sighed and walked to her room, a tear in her eye.
Alexi felt ashamed. He walked outside with his head down. "Why do I always do that?" he asked himself. "I am never grateful for anything. I take advantage of the Force and use it for my own purposes. I should be thankful for my assignment, not sit here and complain about it! Why do I always ruin everything for Master Yenshu?" He started walking around the house looking out at the Dune Sea. "I need to stop. I need to stop everything." He walked away in the direction of one of the suns, mumbling to himself.
A few hours after Yenshu's outburst, she came out of her room looking for Alexi. "Alexi, where are you?" she called out. "Now where could he have gone?" she asked herself as she looked in his bedroom. "Alexi! Where are you? I need to talk to you! Alexi!" she yelled all through the house. She started to worry. "Where could he have gone? He isn't in the house, where else could he have gone?" she said, now sounding exasperated. She walked outside and noticed one set of footprints in the sand. She kneeled next to them. "They aren't human, but they're not totally alien. Could they be his?" she said, inspecting the prints. She looked in the direction that they were heading, towards one of the suns, which was now setting. "If they are, I hope he has enough sense to come home before the suns set. The Tusken Raiders will be out soon and he didn't take his lightsaber. I hope he will be alright." Slowly and sadly she walked back into Obi-Wan's house.
"How are we suppose to watch the kid if we aren't allowed to see him?" Alexi asked Yenshu as they sat around the table.
"We will be cautious. We need to be invisible. We can watch him from a distance. We just need to have."
"I know, I know, patience. What else is new? Why can't Jedi ever be spontaneous?" Alexi said, cutting off his master.
"Jedi are spontaneous Alexi. Just not the way you want us to be." Yenshu explained. "Please Alexi, just calm down. Breath for heaven's sake! Sometimes we need to take our time on things."
"Taking our time on some things, yes, I will concede to that. But this? Luke Skywalker could die any time and we are just sitting here talking about taking our time. Don't you care about him? Don't you care that our future is in that ten-year-old's hands?"
"Shut your mouth Alexi!" Yenshu commanded, raising her hand and nearly slapping him. "I care for that boy more than you do! You're only complaining because you didn't want this assignment! I know that that boy holds our future and the future of the Jedi! I know that he is the life or perhaps death of us! You watch yourself when you speak to me about matters of the Jedi!" Yenshu took a breath and rested her hand. "I care for the Jedi far more than you and you will never understand that because you weren't here when the Jedi thrived. You never experienced the closeness each Jedi shared with all of the other Jedi. You will never grasp that we would die before we turned our back on another Jedi. Do you know why the Jedi follow the Order? Do you know why the Jedi listened to the Counsel? No, because you've never experienced the Jedi as a group, you've just experienced me, a lousy Padawan that never actually was promoted by the Counsel. A Padawan that just took on the title after she saw her first Master killed before her eyes and her second mortally wounded. You will never understand Alexi, so why do I even try to make you?" Yenshu sighed and walked to her room, a tear in her eye.
Alexi felt ashamed. He walked outside with his head down. "Why do I always do that?" he asked himself. "I am never grateful for anything. I take advantage of the Force and use it for my own purposes. I should be thankful for my assignment, not sit here and complain about it! Why do I always ruin everything for Master Yenshu?" He started walking around the house looking out at the Dune Sea. "I need to stop. I need to stop everything." He walked away in the direction of one of the suns, mumbling to himself.
A few hours after Yenshu's outburst, she came out of her room looking for Alexi. "Alexi, where are you?" she called out. "Now where could he have gone?" she asked herself as she looked in his bedroom. "Alexi! Where are you? I need to talk to you! Alexi!" she yelled all through the house. She started to worry. "Where could he have gone? He isn't in the house, where else could he have gone?" she said, now sounding exasperated. She walked outside and noticed one set of footprints in the sand. She kneeled next to them. "They aren't human, but they're not totally alien. Could they be his?" she said, inspecting the prints. She looked in the direction that they were heading, towards one of the suns, which was now setting. "If they are, I hope he has enough sense to come home before the suns set. The Tusken Raiders will be out soon and he didn't take his lightsaber. I hope he will be alright." Slowly and sadly she walked back into Obi-Wan's house.