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Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Broadcast: Text
Action: Iskaulit
When: Jan 30th

A: TEXT

I think it's time I retire from teaching for a while.

I don't suppose anyone knows a decent way to pass the time?

B: ACTION

[ When Stefan announced the prayer room, a quiet place for meditation, Obi-Wan had been thrilled. While he enjoyed and cared for the Huntress, quiet is not something they are known for. After talking to Anakin, he knew he was in dire need of quiet and inner peace

He does not regret ( he can not regret )

And yet.

In a way he had envisioned as a child, it had always been Master and Padawan, together. Even when separate, they fought together, learned together, believed in each other. But Qui-Gon died all too soon, and for so long, Obi-Wan threw his hands up against tradition. When Yoda told him to be Anakin's master, he chose to be Anakin's friend. He did not caution against attachment, only warned where it might lead.

He breathes heavily, his legs folded on the mat. It's not working. The Force is still too quiet, too alien at this moment. It doesn't understand his sorrow.

Obi-Wan chuckles, opening his eyes and pushing his hair back. It should be used to that by now.

Looking down at his hands, he's quiet when he speaks. ]

Please help me.

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I'm afraid I'm not much in the business of making myself exciting to anyone.

[ not yet, at any rate. if she has any drama-driven ratings within her capabilities, then she's storing it well beneath her hat. best to wait until the payday is needed. ]

I thought that was exactly our business.

[ But he can understand limiting the drama. ]

The Atroma's business and mine are not always so compatible. What can I say? Television is a thing I barely understand.

[ although it's mere text, the sarcasm almost oozes through each pixel. ]

Normally, I would encourage to bridge the gap, but in this situation, I'm all for ignoring it.

I've never been a fan of these holonet dramas and gossip either. They say far too much about me and far too little of the truth.

Named in the broadsheets and the headlines, are you?

unfortunately, I'm a war hero. Being a general means spending uncomfortable lengths of time in the spotlight.

[ is that so? ]

I suppose some things never change, regardless of the world. Journalism's lack of boundaries, for one.

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People were desperate for good news, for a war that might encroach upon their borders.

That being said, I do not think it was a good move on anyone's part.

Cast your heroes too large and they start to sound hollow whenever you give'em a light tap. That's what the headlines do.

Perhaps if the war comes to a swift end, such tactics will no longer be necessary.

And perhaps, that is why we have the Atroma.

In my experience, 'war' and 'swift end' are dangerously disappointing concepts to try and marry./span>

your experience has taught you well.

[ And the war ends badly for them. Spoilers! ]

still an end is all we should hope for.

-- How long as yours lastest so far?

Three years now.

It feels a lot longer in the mind though.

And longer still in the trenches, I imagine.

A General should be with his men at all times. If he cannot undertake the risks, then he should not be appointed as one.

Such belief is not always common among the top brass in my experience, I'm afraid.

No, I imagine it's not standard military protocol.

As a Jedi called to war, it's unimaginable to me to not risk my life when others are risking theirs.

A rare and admirable quality. Our lot could have used some of that during the last one.

Perhaps.

But ours is still going on.

[ Sort of. He already knows how it ends. ]

Some credit should be given to people who managed to end a war. It's not an easy task.

[ a long slog and atomic bombs. peggy's not certain they should be proud of it's end. grateful, certainly. but not proud. ]

More like a thousand little impossible tasks all stacked up against one another.

Until it all came tumbling down, I imagine.

And everyone realized the cost.

[ -- the camps, gone infamously down in history after only a year. and then there are the further experiments: deeply confidential, and performed by hydra. she'd seen the tapes. it still makes bile rise in her throat.

but she keeps her written reaction brief: ] Something like that.

[ Abrupt, but he can see why without having to guess. ]

My apologies for discussing something so personal.

I imagine that's the tricky thing with matters like these -- a war can be both intensely personal, and horrifically global.

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