[ Ah. Yes. And despite the lack of strength in his connection to the Force these days, there are some connections that can never really fade completely.
Ben sighs when he sees the text message across his vision. He speaks aloud, instead. ]
Anakin.
I can sense you hovering on the other side of the door.
[ He flicks at the button and the doors slide open, revealing his former pupil in all of his gloomy glory. ]
[He could make a joke here and lighten the mood, but he doesn't and merely walks in quietly. He stares at Obi-Wan, trying to read him. Could his master be hiding this from him?]
Perhaps Ben ought to be worried by Anakin's sullenness, but more to the fact is that he's rather used to it. He can't guess as to the exact reason why this time around, but he entertains several possibilities, none of them especially exciting. ]
I should hope so. [ Said lightly. ] She was your student.
[ It doesn't come to him as a surprise that Anakin would choose to use his words like this. Like a weapon, his tongue sharp and and the tone of his voice meant to spark a visceral reaction from his former master.
And perhaps a younger version of him might have risen to the occasion, but Ben has seen a fair amount that would numb that part of him that he stands where he is now, watching Anakin with more of an unreadable (though appropriately serious) expression in his features than anything that could be used to further fan Anakin's flames. ]
Well, she has caught you up on something. [ He exhales.
For one thing: ] Of course I would never let you die. [ And for another: ] Does she know for certain what she told you? Did she say why she told you at all?
[Once started there was little that could hold back Anakin's anger. He's not here to be reasoned with or placated with some pithy words. No, he's here to stomp and yell at this unforgivable betrayal. How dare he continue to keep things from him again, how dare he not tragically mourn him?
...How could he mean so little to the man who was once his entire world? His master, his father, his brother, his best friend. There were no words that truly captured what Obi-Wan meant to Anakin.]
Are you calling her a liar now? Why do you think she told me? She actually cares and wants me to survive.
[ Even now, despite the years, the tone in his voice might sound a little too familiar. It's the admonishment of a Master warning his Padawan that he might be stepping just a little too far.
Yes, some habits are just too difficult to kill.
Ben catches himself on that at least, even though what comes out next feels a little out of his own control; that feeling of hurt. ]
Do you really think so little of your old Master to assume that I don't care? That I wouldn't want you to survive?
Stop lying to me! You think I don't know I have never been what you really wanted?
[He tries to hold back his tears, but it's a futile effort. He can already hear the lecture he's about to get as a result. He doesn't want to hear it so he barrels before Obi-Wan can interrupt.]
Pretend I am dead then. I bet you just walked away. It must have been so easy.
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Ben sighs when he sees the text message across his vision. He speaks aloud, instead. ]
Anakin.
I can sense you hovering on the other side of the door.
[ He flicks at the button and the doors slide open, revealing his former pupil in all of his gloomy glory. ]
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I talked to Ahsoka.
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Perhaps Ben ought to be worried by Anakin's sullenness, but more to the fact is that he's rather used to it. He can't guess as to the exact reason why this time around, but he entertains several possibilities, none of them especially exciting. ]
I should hope so. [ Said lightly. ] She was your student.
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That's it?
Do you really have nothing else to say? Do you even care that I'm supposed to be dead? Were you going to let me die again?
jfc i'm sorry this is so old its past vintage and belongs in a museum now PLS IGNORE IF TOO OLD
And perhaps a younger version of him might have risen to the occasion, but Ben has seen a fair amount that would numb that part of him that he stands where he is now, watching Anakin with more of an unreadable (though appropriately serious) expression in his features than anything that could be used to further fan Anakin's flames. ]
Well, she has caught you up on something. [ He exhales.
For one thing: ] Of course I would never let you die. [ And for another: ] Does she know for certain what she told you? Did she say why she told you at all?
never!!!
...How could he mean so little to the man who was once his entire world? His master, his father, his brother, his best friend. There were no words that truly captured what Obi-Wan meant to Anakin.]
Are you calling her a liar now? Why do you think she told me? She actually cares and wants me to survive.
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[ Even now, despite the years, the tone in his voice might sound a little too familiar. It's the admonishment of a Master warning his Padawan that he might be stepping just a little too far.
Yes, some habits are just too difficult to kill.
Ben catches himself on that at least, even though what comes out next feels a little out of his own control; that feeling of hurt. ]
Do you really think so little of your old Master to assume that I don't care? That I wouldn't want you to survive?
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[He tries to hold back his tears, but it's a futile effort. He can already hear the lecture he's about to get as a result. He doesn't want to hear it so he barrels before Obi-Wan can interrupt.]
Pretend I am dead then. I bet you just walked away. It must have been so easy.