Qui-Gon watched, as the two starred at each other and smiled. None of them spoke a word, but he felt the force whirling around his apprentice. What was going on? Was his Padawan mental speaking with her? But that couldn't be! Such things was normally only between forcesensitives possible. And with a bond! And they knew another barely fife minutes. In such a short period of time couldn't be accrue a bond!

Or could it?

Qui-Gon didn't know what to think about it. So he decided, to break the silence.

"Padawan?!"

Obi-Wan almost winced visible.

"Yes, Master?", he asked, as he turned to Qui-Gon.

//So your name is Padawan?//, she asked.

Obi-Wan brake out in loud laughter. The rest of the Jedi looked stunned at him.

"What?", she asked aloud.

"It's the title of an Jedi apprentice," he said, looking at her.

"Good, 'cause this would be a shitty name! Uhm…uh, I mean, uh…actually I wanted to say…"

"My name ist Obi-Wan Kenobi," he interrupted her giggling.

She exhaled with relief. "Hey, that's a cool name!", she comment excitedly.

"Thanks. I can only return that."

Now Danielle must giggle, either.



There! There it was again. The barely visible change in her eyes.



Qui-Gon note, that the face of his Padawan, became a serious mask.

"Are you alright?", he asked suddenly.

The girl nodded surprised and gave a quick. "Yes, sure."

But Obi-Wan didn't believe her. Again he reached to her through the force. And he seemed to be right. The bright and purely light, now only glowed weak and flickered.

The tall Master didn't understand yet, what was going on. And as the silence grew again, he sensed another time the living force flow from his Padawan. But just when Qui-Gon wanted to admonish his apprentice, Obi-Wan leaped forward.

In the same instant, Danielle began to brake down. However, with his quick reaction, Obi-Wan made it just in time to catch her, before she hit the floor.