Letters

"Qui, how do I write 'Tahl'?" 4-year-old Obi-Wan asked, gripping his pencil firmly with his little hand. Qui-Gon sat down beside him at the table and gently took the pencil from him and wrote on the paper in Aurebesh: T-A-H-L.

"Like that, little one," he said. He pointed to the "T". "What letter is that?"

Obi-Wan squinted in concentration.

"Trill," he decided, nodding. Qui-Gon smiled. He pointed to the next.

"And that one?"

"Aurek."

"Good. That one?"

"Herf."

"Yes. And the last one?"

"Leth?"

"Yes! Good. Obi-Wan!"

Obi-Wan smiled and copied the letters in his own wobbly handwriting under Qui's elegant scrawl.

"How do I spell 'Qui?"

"How about we spell 'Qui-Gon'? That is, after all, my full name, like yours is 'Obi-Wan'.'

"But I like 'Qui' better," Obi-Wan said stubbornly. Qui-Gon chuckled.

"Then let's write both." Qui-Gon slowly wrote Q-U-I and then, beside that, Q-U-I-G-O-N. Obi-Wan copied the words slowly, his tongue poking out between his lips in concentration.

"That letter is 'Qek'," he said, pointing to the 'Q'. "And that one is 'Usk." Obi pointed to the "U".

"Yes, good, child! What's that one?" Qui-Gon pointed to the "I".

"Isk."

"You got this, Obi! Good job!" Qui-Gon praised. Obi-Wan blushed and ducked his head in happy embarrassment.

"And that's 'Grek', 'Osk', and 'Nern'," Obi-Wan said, pointing to each letter in the second part of Qui's name.

"Good! Can you write your own name without any help?"

Obi-Wan nodded enthusiastically and began to write, naming each letter as he went.

"'Osk', 'Besh', 'Isk', 'Wesk', 'Aurek', 'Nern'."

"You are very smart, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Can you write your last name?"

Obi-Wan nodded once more and wrote 'Kenobi' beside 'Obi-Wan'.

"'Krill', 'Esk', 'Nern', 'Osk', 'Besh', 'Isk'."

Qui-Gon smiled and stood, swinging the child into the air and spun him around. Obi-Wan giggled and spread out his arms as if he were flying.

"Did I do good, Qui?"

"Yes, little one, you did! You are very, very smart!"

Obi-Wan smiled. Qui-Gon set him down and Obi-Wan sat back down at the table. Taking hold of his pencil once more, he asked,

"So, Qui, what should we write next?"

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Hope you enjoyed! I can't believe that Grammarly recognizes the Aurebesh alphabet! I thought for sure it would want me to change the words.

Also, I've decided to dedicate this story to GreyFoxofLight, aka Alex, because she's awesome!