Cradle to Grave
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63, smile
I adjust his grip on the blade and smile at him encouragingly.He replies with a frown, his brow furrowing with concentration.
It is remarkable, I decide. The boy's facial muscles seem incapable of displaying joy. Yoda hinted that it's usual in a Padawan selected as old as Obi-Wan. They're over-eager to please and somewhere down the road, they pick up that a perpetually serious expression is a thing to be proud of.
Despite myself, my eyes crinkle with mischief as I realize something. Between his seriousness and my playfulness, I may have found a perfect apprentice in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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