[ Qui-Gon was always good at this. It's a thought that barely occupies a corner of Obi-Wan's mind, but this ruthless gentleness. This capacity to know that there is pain - deep pain - and to refuse to shy away from it, but to be nearly infinitely compassionate while doing it.
Obi-Wan would have preferred superiority, condemnation, accusations, nearly anything to this.
This, he has no defense against.
He can't even come up with a light, deflecting remark about how clearly they didn't need to catch up since Qui-Gon had already been caught up.
He feels all of fourteen years old. Guilty, ashamed, and on the verge of tears that he is also ashamed of. ]
That is correct. You really should have -
[ He literally cannot continue. It's just an attempt at some kind of...not quite joke, but his voice cracks and he literally can't. ]
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Obi-Wan would have preferred superiority, condemnation, accusations, nearly anything to this.
This, he has no defense against.
He can't even come up with a light, deflecting remark about how clearly they didn't need to catch up since Qui-Gon had already been caught up.
He feels all of fourteen years old. Guilty, ashamed, and on the verge of tears that he is also ashamed of. ]
That is correct. You really should have -
[ He literally cannot continue. It's just an attempt at some kind of...not quite joke, but his voice cracks and he literally can't. ]