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[onlyhope]

CHARACTERS: Anakin, Cal & Obi-Wan
DATE: September, throughout
WARNINGS: fuckboy behaviour, probably talk of war and genocide
SUMMARY: training sessions and gross domestic stuff. if you ever wanted to oogle your Jedi neighbour here is your chance...

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[onlyhope]

[ There is such a rawness to the admission that Obi-Wan cannot help the way everything in him softens around him. He wonders at what the next generation of Jedi might have been, if such open displays of affection and loss, would have been where they were headed. Looking back on it, he can't help but feel an uncomfortable sense of pride for the way those like Barris and Ahsoka and Anakin had spoken up, even if the results were not always... ideal. How much of that was the Council refusing to listen? How much of that was them desperately cleaving to ideals that were being smashed apart by Sidious? ]

No. [ He agrees kindly, because it is true. ] It only becomes easier to live with.

[ A beat: ]

I know it is not the same, but so long as I am able, I will be glad to offer you what guidance I can.

[psychometries]

[ He nods wordlessly. Easier to live with... he already knows the truth of that. It has become easier to live with, with time, with acceptance. Not easy, just easier. And he can live with that. He's already lived through worse. ]

Really?

[ Why the offer surprises him, he doesn't know. Maybe it shouldn't. But as it sinks in, he can't help but feel... grateful. Relieved. Moved, in a way. He's spent so long relying only on himself and learning on his own that the idea of having a fully-fledged Jedi Master to teach him is just... ​]

I feel like there's so much I never got a chance to learn. Or had to figure out on my own.

[ He pauses, his expression relaxing into the first semblance of a smile. ] Thank you, Master Kenobi.

[ Not just for the offer, but for the pep talk too. ]

[onlyhope]

[ He smiles, warm, and nods. Even though Cal has been knighted, it doesn't mean he doesn't have anything to learn. If his lessons in essence stopped when he was thirteen, then Obi-Wan believes he might be able to do something to pass some of their teachings on — even if all of them won't fit the future Cal lives in. ]

Now, would you like to try meditating with me?

[ Whatever the answer, he reorganizes himself into a cross legged position, settling in to do just that. ]