He woke up in a cold sweat. The images of his nightmare were fading from his sight, but the feeling of them was still there.

His skin crawled and his mind felt numb. He tried to grasp what he saw, but it slipped from his fingers. One thought seemed to have remained.

Bail. His mind supplied. Something about what I saw has to do with Bail. Obi-Wan shifted into an upright position on his bed.

(He couldn't truly call it his bed. Quinlan had allowed him to stay in his bed whilst he slept on the couch.)

He ran shaking hands over his face as he tried to control his breathing. Once he felt a bit more centered, he roamed around his friend's room as he searched for the long-distance com he knew Quinlan had.

It only took a few minutes to find the thing, then a few more to bring himself to enter Bail's code.

Obi-Wan took slow, even breathes as he waited for the call to connect. He needed to see his friend, or at least hear him. Either way would work.

After what felt like years, the call finally connected.

"Obi-Wan?" Bail's voice broke through Obi-Wan's thoughts and he lifted his head to see the flickering blue form of his friend.

"Bail," Obi-Wan breathed his name out with a small smile. "You're looking well." He added as he felt his body ease with relief.

"I wish I could say the same for you." Bail said with a chuckle. "You do look better than you did a few weeks ago, that's for certain."

"I've found that being in the company of one's family does wonders for the mind."

Bail nods. "I've found that to be true as well." The silence that eases between the two of them is no unwelcome, but Bail breaks it all the same. "It's not that I don't like talking with you, but may I ask why you're calling?"

Obi-Wan lowers his gaze for a moment as he thinks. After a moment, he hums and lifts his head.

"Truly, I just wanted to check in on you. My night has been uneasy and I suppose-"

"I understand." Bail interrupts, though it's kind and welcome. The Senator smiles at him softly. "I was wondering about you as well. I've been wanting to check in on you as well, but I didn't know when the right time would have been."

It made sense. Obi-Wan's life was full of twists and turns. It was hard for those he was close with to get a hold of him.

They pass the rest of the night speaking softly to one another. Obi-Wan doesn't remember falling asleep.

The morning brings some anxiety to the young Councilor. It sinks into his gut and weighs heavily on his mind.

He's accompanied by Quinlan to a deeper part of The Room of a Thousand Fountains. This section is filled with the sounds of birds and there have been sightings of other animals roaming the gardens there.

Obi-Wan isn't always able to venture into this part of the Room, but it always brings him peace to be there.

So, it's there that he kneels on the grass with his watchful friend a fair amount of steps away. He breathes in deeply, the lets the air out. He sinks into the Force and loses himself in it.

It's not surprising that he doesn't notice what's happening around him.

Quinlan, however, sees everything that happens.

He's always known that Obi-Wan was bright in the Force. He's always known that he's carried a softness about him that attracts beings to him. Quinlan was one of those beings.

Obi-Wan's light would catch the eyes of anyone around him and ensnare them easily. It was hard to resist.

So, it's no surprise that five minutes into Obi-Wan's meditation, a few of the animals that roam around this part of the gardens inch ever so closely to the bright Jedi.

Quinlan isn't sure how Obi-Wan doesn't notice the tookas lounging on his lap or the birds resting on his shoulders and hair. Though, at this moment, Quinlan has never seen Obi-Wan look more relaxed. He's also never been more at peace than now with Obi-Wan's bright light outshining any darkness residing in his heart.

Quinlan's always been glad to have Obi-Wan as a friend. But now more than ever, he sees that truth a lot clearer.