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Who: Ahsoka + Obi-wan and YOU
Broadcast: No
Action: Planet-side
When: 10th of Jan

[ As promised, in a few days time, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan make their way to the markets. They dress warmly, Obi-Wan procuring a thick cloak for himself. It's hard to feel like a Jedi Master without one.

He watches as Ahsoka flits from stall to stall as he lingers behind her, to correct her on her "bargaining" technique. In a way, they resemble a teenager, saddled with a wiser all-knowing uncle. He strokes his beard in light amusement. This is probably what he needed right now, a reassessment of his priorities, the here and now. ]

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My inventory?

[ At this point . . . is it even worth asking. He simply shrugs. ]

A strange way of storage then.

Not really. Everyone in my world can do that. It's weirder to me that people can't.

Then imagine it the other way around. Though I believe such a thing really is a characteristic of your world.

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I never said I don't get it, just that it's weird to me.

[ He nods. ]

As it should be, for you.

Yeah.

... Although, I wonder if it could be simulated with magic...

Perhaps. You would know better than me.

[ Still, things appearing out of nowhere to be normal . . . is still pretty weird. ]

Maybe through a storage space and some kind of variant on a teleport spell... That would burn through MP fast, though.

[She's going to just keep muttering to herself now, distracted by this puzzle. She may have forgotten Obi-Wan entirely.]

I'll leave you to it then. The only things I need are what I can hold with my hands.

What- Oh, right.

[Talking to her is enough to snap her out of it, at least.]

... Really, nothing else?

[ He rubs his beard lightly. ]

Jedi don't own possessions. It is not necessary for us to. Life can be lived simply without them.

... No possessions at all? What about the gun you're looking for?

We own a lightsaber. And quite frankly, I rather pass the gun along to someone else who might need it than to keep it for myself. A bo staff will do just as well.

The Jedi aren't against arming yourself, when the situation calls for it, but a lightsaber is really our only requirement.

Oh- You use staffs, too?

[That catches her attention.]

That still doesn't seem like much of a life.

The principle is similar.

[ Ah, the "you must be deprived" train of thought. ]

Because it doesn't conform to the norm?

Because I spent a very long time not allowed to have any possessions besides things for my studies, and it wasn't much of a life.

But do possessions really validate your life?

I do not know if you were offered a choice to pursue your studies or not, though. The Jedi do not allow, perhaps, but they certainly do not enforce it. It is a realization one needs to come on their own. Teaching can only do so much.

When possessions merit the value in a life, then I would worry. Because life should come first, in all things.

Possessions do validate your life. Not specific ones- Obviously life is more valuable than objects. But desires are a basic cornerstone of identity. Being able to own something is... basic dignity.

And what of being owned? Like having pets for example. Don't they deserve the dignity of choice?

[ Qui-Gon never approved of pets. While Obi-Wan dismissed them continuously as "pathetic life forms", ownership of even the most open-minded or congenial of animals is still, imposing your will on another. ]

I do not believe dignity extends to ownership. To extend your identity to what you own instead of who you are seems like an identity that can be easily taken from you. To own something also means you must be prepared to lose it.

I do not own anything but my lightsaber. No one can destroy me, my identity and my dignity.

I picked one that wanted to come with me.

What I own isn't part of my identity. But wanting things is. And having the basic dignity of being an adult means I can own things if I want to.

You don't have to lose everything you own.

Does he or she have a family? Did they choose you from lack of other choices? Is a spaceship the best place for any animal? One where we are essentially prisoners?

[ He highly doubts that owning things isn't part of her identity. ]

No, but you can lose it. As I said, it invites that possibility to exist. Wanting things is normal. Everyone has them. To assign dignity to them is a bit much, I find, but to each their own.

If you'd like, you can meet Stratus and ask for yourself.

[She's ignoring the last bit, too annoyed to argue further.]

I could. But it's your responsibility, not mine.

She is my responsibility, yes. And I'm taking care of her. I may not be Wren or Sparrow, but I've picked up a few things.