Cradle to Grave
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A/N: 71-75 is part of an AU set with Obi-Wan as a shop-keeper on Tatooine.
72, exhausted
Padmé rested against the wall, her eyes shut and her breath shallow. A film of dust coated her pale skin.
"She's alright," Qui-Gon said, catching Anakin's worried gaze. "It's just the heat." He didn't look so good himself. In fact of the three, Anakin seemed unaffected by the binary suns' extreme blaze.
"What do we do now?" Anakin gestured towards the revolving 'OPEN/CLOSE' sign on Kenobi's Knick-Knack Kiosk. It seemed to be mocking them. "That's the only store that has what we need."
"We will be patient," Qui-Gon said but Anakin knew his Master well enough to read his anxiety.
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