Jai was still sore at Obi-Wan for his stupidity the night before. Her soreness lessened only slightly when he came to her room the next morning with a peace offering.

"Morning, Jai." She grunted and rolled over in bed. "If you're going to be moody like that, you can't come."

"Come where?" Jai flew up and pushed the covers off. Then she remembered she was upset. "I mean, why would I go with you anywhere, O Stupid One?"

"Too late, I caught you. I found this," he held up a little bullet. She took it and examined it, "after the assassin was killed last night. I was going to get it examined by Dexter today, then go to the library. I've already examined it in the analysis rooms, so we're going to see someone who knows what it is. But if you're still upset about last night..."

"What happened last night? I don't remember anything!" Jai feigned amnesia while putting her clothes on in her changing area. She could see Obi-Wan's silhouette through the screen. He was in front of her stinger lizard.

"Nice try. Anyway, if you want to come, be down at the front of the Temple in a half hour. If you not there in exactly one half hour, I'm leaving. Got it?"

"Yeah. See you!" He'd already left. She came out from behind the screen and strapped her beltpack on. Then she wondered why Anakin wasn't in here, pestering her to hurry up so they could go already. Oh yeah... He'd had to go and accompany Padme back to Naboo early this morning. She carefully shut their door behind her, locked it, and then checked the time. For the love of...she only had ten minutes to get down to the entrance! She raced down to the front and skidded to a halt behind Obi-Wan, who was looking around impatiently.

"I made it with a minute to spare, Obi-Wan!" He jumped, startled.

"Hooray for you. Do you have the bullet, or do we have to take another half hour while you go and get it?" She took it out of a pocket and waggled it in front of him.

"I'm not stupid, Obi," she told him, using the name she'd called him when she was little. He hated that name, but "Obi-Wan" was unpronounceable for a child. He glared at her.

"Can I have it, Jai?"

"No." He reached out for it and she ran away, laughing. She heard him curse and then run after her.

"Give it! We're going to miss the taxi!" She stopped, and handed it over.

"Fine. I'll be business-like and formal, like you." With that, she straightened her back unnaturally straight, put her hood up, and walked off, high-stepping the whole way.

"I don't walk like that." She bit her lip to keep from laughing. Out of all the things she did to annoy him, the way she walked when trying to get on his nerves got him the most upset. He caught up to her and took her hood off. They boarded the air taxi. Jai was still high-stepping.

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The red-painted diner's doors swung open quietly, and a droid dressed as a waitress zoomed up to meet them.

"Hello, we're here to see Dexter." Obi-Wan was always polite to everyone, even droids.

"He's not in trouble or nothing!" Jai added from behind Obi-Wan. "Just so you know!"

The Waitress Droid gave them a long look, then went into the kitchen. "Someone to see you, hon. Jedi, by their looks." That's the thing about droids, Jai thought. Great helpers, but not the most subtle of beings.

A rumbling voice came from the kitchen. "Take a seat, Obi-Wan! Be right out!" They sat in a booth, Jai against the wall. She wasn't happy with the arrangement. As soon as they had sat, a huge alien had emerged from the steaming kitchen. Jai had to suppress a gasp. Obi-Wan elbowed her.

She'd met Dexter before, briefly. Obi-Wan need to identify something and Jai had been hanging around all day, so he took her with. All she remembered was a friendly face, four arms, and a huge cup of blue milk. She had been four, so her memories were a bit hazy, but she would've expected she could remember Dexter. He was someone that was easy to remember.

Dexter sat down, and Jai then discovered why Obi-Wan had her sit next to him. Dexter was huge.

"Obi-Wan! Haven't stopped by in a while! Should come by more often, although with your busy lifestyle I can see why you haven't come down. Was that you I spotted zooming across the sky, dangling from a droid last night?" Obi-Wan winced. Dexter turned to Jai. "And this is Jai? Obi-Wan, it has been too long! Last time I seen her, she was a little kid! Now look at her!"

"Hello, Dexter. Sorry about not stopping by more, as you said, I have been busy. Yes, this is Jai, and of course she's grown bigger, its been eight or so years since you've seen her." Obi-Wan's earlier moodiness seemed to have vanished. Jai was pleased. She now remembered Dexter, and she remembered she liked him.

"So, friend, what can I do for you? I doubt you came here just to talk." Obi-Wan glanced over at Jai, who took the bullet out of her pocket. She held it out, and Dexter took it from her, with surprising gentleness for such a large person.

"What have we here..." he muttered, turning the bullet around in his hands. After a while, he handed it back to Jai and pulled Obi-Wan into the kitchen. Jai guessed that whatever it was, he didn't want her hearing it. She sighed. She was twelve. Shewasn't a little kid who had to be shielded from everything. Jedi had to be ready for anything. When she was a Knight, (or more preferably, a Master), she'd have to know everything that people didn't tell her. Then she'd wish they had told her so she'd have some background information on it. She slumped down in the booth. Jai hurriedly starightened up again when the two emerged from the kitchen, Obi-Wan looked only slightly put out. Apparently whatever Dexter had said had seemed to be difficult to accomplish, but not impossible. Too bad I probably won't know what it is, thought Jai stubbornly as Dexter waved them out, reminding them both that they were always welcome and wishing Obi-Wan luck. Once they were on the airbus, however, Obi-Wan surprised her.

"I'm taking a wild guess here, but you didn't like not knowing what was going on in the kitchen, did you?" he asked, turning to her.

"Well, yeah."

"All he said was that it was a Kaminoan saberdart. We're going to the archives to find Kamino. I've never heard of it." Jai racked her brains trying to remember if she had heard of it in any of the lessons about the planets. She couldn't think of it. The air bus zoomed off towards the Temple as the last passenger boarded.