Hey Everyone! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter... 2 in one day? Fun times hopefully :) The only thing I have to explain here is the green eyes I mention. I know Anakin's eyes are blue, but what do blue and yellow make? Green! So when he is conflicted his eyes show that. Hopefully that makes sense. Lots of Love - Lorna:)

He woke up the next morning to find Anakin staring at him curiously.

"I gave you the opportunity, why didn't you take it?"

"I wasn't going to just maim you, honestly padawan." Obi Wan replied tiredly, scrubbing a hand down his face.

"Why though? Why not take advantage of the one thing that could help you?"

"Because you're a person." Obi Wan stated. "Not a tool, or something that I just use and then throw away."

Anakin shook his head, pushing himself off his bed to stand shakily. Obi Wan noted that the bed was now covered in crusty blood and dirt.. "I don't- I don't think you're right. That's exactly what I am, Master."

Obi Wan blinked, but didn't let his exhilaration at being called master show. "You're a person Anakin, no matter what Palpatine has done, he can't take that from you."

"No, I- I think I took it from myself. I chose what I became, and I became a weapon. I like being a weapon. Why can't you just let me be one?" Anakin asked, his voice soft. He would meet Obi Wan's scrutinizing gaze.

"You like hurting people?"

"I don't get a choice in doing what I like. I don't like anything. A blaster doesn't like shooting, it just what it was made to do."

"And you were made to destroy."

"Yes."

"So you think you're no more than a living blaster, something that the emperor merely points and pulls the trigger."

"I don't think. That's not my part."

"That's a lie Anakin. You are obviously very capable of intelligent thought, you just don't want to think."

"Life is easier when all you have to worry about is following orders. Why do you want to make my life harder than it already is? Let me be comfortable in my suffering."

"Misery isn't comfortable, no matter how long you've been stuck wallowing in it. It tricks you into thinking it is, but it's not, and never will be."

"Maybe I like being miserable."

"I thought you didn't have likes and dislikes."

Anakin snorted. "You're impossible."

"No, I simply pointed out a hole in your thought process."

"I thought I didn't have any."

Obi wan rolled his eyes. "I said you were capable of intelligent thought, I may take that back."

"It's too early to deal with you."

"You woke me up."

"I have work to do."

"By all means, I'm not trying to stop you."

"Force, I forgot how aggravating you are master." The corners of Anakin's mouth tugged upwards, just slightly. It was the first time Obi Wan had seen the beginnings of Anakin's true smile show through, and it brought a swirl of memories that came unbidden to mind. It left him feeling both sick and fulfilled at the same time.

"That's rather offensive."

Anakin shrugged.