What a horrible book! Who ever made this a 'classic'?

A thump caught Siri's attention and she put her book down as a sick looking Ferus came stumbling into the common room of their apartment. Siri couldn't help but smirk at her padawan. It was good he was getting into trouble. He needed to let some of the starch out of his tunic.

"So did you have fun this afternoon?" She queried.

"Master," Ferus began, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gone, I know better than that."

Siri began to phase out the long drawn out apology that Ferus was weaving. She thought that maybe he was going to exit the 'by-the-book' shell that he lived in.

"Ferus, stop." Siri couldn't take his squirming apology anymore. "So you know that you shouldn't have gone out, but you did. Nothing can change that. I'm proud of you, in a weird round about kinda way. It seems I'm rubbing off on you. I'm sure the council won't be pleased but…"

Right then Ferus cut her off. "But I didn't go to have fun." Ferus lowered his head. He couldn't look at his master. He knew that she wouldn't have minded if he had gone drinking, but he knew his reason for drinking was less than honorable.

He moved to a chair and sat down before he continued. "When Anakin grabbed me, I knew no matter what he was up to, he wouldn't have any consequences to face when he got back to the temple. He would be made to meditate or do some extra chores, but nothing that would actually punish him for what he actually did. So, I decided that he needed to learn to take responsibility for his actions. I knew if I got drunk then he wouldn't be able to deny anything."

Siri was shocked. What was she to do with this? Yell at Kenobi. This is his fault. A voice in her head said. And how much truth was in what Ferus was saying about Anakin's punishments. She had always thought that Obi-Wan was hard on him. But what did Anakin really do? She never knew for sure.Ferus would know though, since they are in the same classes and they see each other for a number of hours everyday. She was going to confront Kenobi about this, no question about it. To calm herself down a bit she counted to 10 and sighed. "Ferus," she began, but was unable to finish as Ferus stated in on another long winded apology.

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About 30 minutes had passed with Siri trying to stop Ferus's monologue with no success. So she found that she had just tuned him out and let him continue uninterrupted.

Suddenly she was aware that Ferus had stopped talking. She sighed again, more out of relief than frustration.

"Ferus, you know what you did was wrong and I understand where you're coming from, that Master Kenobi is quite lenient in punishing Anakin, but that is not something that we have any control over." Just wait Kenobi, you're going to hear about this one! "You're sorry for what you've done and I know that you won't do anything like this again. That hangover that you're suffering from right now is enough punishment. Don't beat yourself up over this. Trust me, it's not the end of the world."

Ferus sat quietly for a few moment taking in everything Siri had said. He then politely excused himself and said he needed some time to meditate over his actions.

Although Siri was exasperated over Ferus's swift return to his old self, she knew she wouldn't be able to help him get over his feelings of guilt over his actions. But she decided that Kenobi would definitely hear what she had to say over this incident.