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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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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.

[ He sighs. This is normal, so explaining a Jedi point of view of owning life, no matter how well you treat it isn't going to get anywhere. ]

Is it better to be cared for by someone else or to have the ability to choose? You may provide the greatest care in the galaxy and it may never want to leave your side.

But is it equal? She cannot leave. I do not know how long we plan on lingering on this planet and when we do depart, she can never go home. Surely, you cannot believe she chose to be captured and sold.

That is my point. I'm not trying to accuse you of wrongdoing. You did what was normal. But I cannot agree with it.

... She's a fox. I get what you're saying, but you're assuming a level of sapience that doesn't exist.

That . . . is not entirely true. Jedi can communicate with animals and they certainly possesses deeper train of thought than most are aware of.

So I'm not assuming. I know. It does and has always existed.

Edited 2016-01-10 10:11 (UTC)

... My teammate, Wren, can communicate with animals, and control them. Another teammate, Sparrow, raised monsters and could battle them, and once tamed an otherworldly cosmic horror with pastries. Another, Bluebird, could directly communicate with birds, and often translated for the rest of us.

I may not be a Jedi, and I may not have those skills, but... I have picked up a few things. I know how they work.

Do you think they'd agree with you, that animals lack sapience? Because it does not sound like they would.

It sounds like, from their skills, that they became friends and forged bonds. And I believe that.

... Sparrow got her monsters by defeating them in combat and then capturing them. I think my way is a bit better.

Like I said, I'm not them. But I can expend a couple of MP and get the general gist of things from her.

[ Slightly ]

Your methods are your own. This just goes back to my original point. I simply will not agree with it. Laying any claim on any lifeform is anathema to me.