31st day, 3rd month,standard year 24934
I walked past Master's room this morning. I didn't want to disturb him. As I walked past I heard him whisper. "Tell me...what should I do? I am no father, I'm barely a Knight myself."
Perhaps he was speaking to the Force...or speaking to himself, even. But he didn't know I'd heard, so I just walked away. I'm not sure if that was the right thing. There are rules about the bonds betweeen Masters and Padawans...there's the ones like 'No lying' and 'Don't be disrespectful', but I expect what I did was probably against some rule, although I'm not sure what.
I do want to talk to him, though. Sometimes it feels like we're just acquaintances, nothing more.
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I know. We never laugh together. We don't share smiles.
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1st day, expansion week, standard year 24934
I'd better start thinking about Master's birthday. Binn says there's some place in Coruscant near the Temple where you can use the holonet for free, and since I want to get Master something from his homeworld, Serenno, the holonet seems like the best idea.
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2nd day, 4th month, standard year 24934
I bought him something -a box, all the way from Serenno. It's got beautiful carving all over- horses and draigons- and with a gold clasp to keep it shut.
I knew the box was perfect when I first found it -well, found the picture of it- because, well, I know something about Master Dooku that I don't imagine too many other people do. For all his grace and elegance and clever ways with words, he is amazingly messy.
Well, his bedroom is, at least...it's a complete tip. Full of paper! You see...he likes to write. I think poetry, mainly. The few times I've been in there I've seen bits of it lying around.
And then there's a pile of notebooks, and several (hundred) datapads, and all sorts of clever trinkets gathered from the far corners of the galaxy. I'd love to look at them all one day. And there's several photos, in pretty silver frames...
You know, I still really can't imagine him being Yoda's Padawan.
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13th day, 4th month, standard year 24934
He hugged me when he saw the present.
I hugged back.
Yoda didn't send him a present...at least I think he didn't. For all I know he might've sent one but I just never saw it. I'm sure there's a reason....
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