[ Good call on the lack of physical restraint given the circumstances.
It isn't hard for Qui-Gon to make eye-contact with Obi-Wan, at least. The frozen rain blown into his eyes stings, but he's got his eyes on Qui-Gon, anyway. Teeth clenched and closer to snarling than was dignified, at least initially, but eyes on him.
What really gets through, though, is the words. The reason for that is two-fold:
Qui-Gon had been his Master. Years of his life had been spent responding to his voice and that calm presence, following instructions under all manner of ...less than ideal circumstance (under more ideal ones he was much more troublesome).
And This isn't the first time Qui-Gon has given him an instruction to breathe when overwhelmed by emotion - even specifically by panic and guilt.
Letting emotion go isn't quick, but breathing? Almost reflexively and in immediate response for Qui-Gon yelling at him to. The first breath is a gasp and the air is so cold it sears his lungs. The second is a little steadier. The third is almost normal, and the fourth is controlled.
And on the exhale of the fifth the wind picks up to something that's gale-force and the frozen rain turns into a deluge. Both higher wind and downpour are gone in a second. The bitter cold remains, but he at least has reason returned to him.
He never looks away from Qui-Gon.]
I think you left something out.
[ They're totally going back to their earlier question if he has anything to say about it, but for now he's just... trying to get himself back to center, or even close.]
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It isn't hard for Qui-Gon to make eye-contact with Obi-Wan, at least. The frozen rain blown into his eyes stings, but he's got his eyes on Qui-Gon, anyway. Teeth clenched and closer to snarling than was dignified, at least initially, but eyes on him.
What really gets through, though, is the words. The reason for that is two-fold:
Qui-Gon had been his Master. Years of his life had been spent responding to his voice and that calm presence, following instructions under all manner of ...less than ideal circumstance (under more ideal ones he was much more troublesome).
And This isn't the first time Qui-Gon has given him an instruction to breathe when overwhelmed by emotion - even specifically by panic and guilt.
Letting emotion go isn't quick, but breathing? Almost reflexively and in immediate response for Qui-Gon yelling at him to. The first breath is a gasp and the air is so cold it sears his lungs. The second is a little steadier. The third is almost normal, and the fourth is controlled.
And on the exhale of the fifth the wind picks up to something that's gale-force and the frozen rain turns into a deluge. Both higher wind and downpour are gone in a second. The bitter cold remains, but he at least has reason returned to him.
He never looks away from Qui-Gon.]
I think you left something out.
[ They're totally going back to their earlier question if he has anything to say about it, but for now he's just... trying to get himself back to center, or even close.]