Cradle to Grave
''
13, white
"There?""It's as good a place as any to begin, and you need to speak to Luke."
"But it's so cold…"
"You'll hardly feel it."
"Hardly?"
"Enough excuses, Padawan."
Ben sighed. Even now, Qui-Gon played the role of encouraging but stern Master better than Obi-Wan had done with Anakin.
The journey was not into the Force – since he was already a part of it – but out. The whiteness of infinity coalesced around him. Qui-Gon's presence receded.
The resistance of solid ground beneath his feet
(feet!)
was a shock, and his eyes
(eyes!)
flew open to the cold beauty of Hoth.
''
