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V. Important Requests

Who: Katie and anyone
Broadcast: Fleet
Action: The Vanquish if you want
When: 10 Feb

Dear Atrama, Can we please visit a planet with beaches next? I keep meeting people who haven't seen one and that's terrible. It's actually a crime where I come from. Please don't let anyone get arrested. I believe in you. Also if you take requests can I have my cat please. And some chalk and I was meant to have a sword I think I could be wrong. It's a short silver gold magical IT'S A LIGHTSABER A RED ONE Either that or just give me Mihawks.

[GO BIG OR GO HOME]

Please thank you love Dorothy.

[This has been a totally efficient use of your communicator, Katie, gj.]

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[ He'll be waiting by the entrance, dressed in his Jedi robes and linens. In a way, he does look eerily like Obi-Wan Kenobi from the movies, just several years younger. His eyes light up when he spots her. ]

Hello there.

[Katie's dressed in her usual red pinafore and a pair of chunky winter boots Rogue bought for her on the icy planet, which look ridiculous out of the snow but that doesn't seem to bother. She stops very suddenly when she sees him, then jumps another step forward, standing very straight, fidgeting fingers vanishing into her pockets.]

Hello! It's really nice to meet you in person! Nobody at home will ever believe me if I tell them, you know.

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Is it really so surprising?

[ He's starting to wonder where people are recognizing him from. First Kurt, then FDR and now this? ]

Not really. Nobody ever believes me when I say meet anyone. You'd think I didn't talk to strangers all the time.

[I'm just going to remain really vague about this if that's all right with you.]

So am I Force-sensitive?

[...how does one try their best to look Force-sensitive. She wishes she knew.]

[ Hmm. He reaches into the Force. The voice it speaks back to him is strange and he's not sure what to make of it. ]

Yes . . . And there's something else too.

[ Two souls, profoundly connected. ]

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[Katie looks startled.] I am? Are you sure?

[Wait no she shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, right? She brightens.] I mean-- I am! That's good, isn't it? Does that mean I can be a Padawan?

[ Hm. She's a little old and he doesn't feel confident enough to take on another Padawan learner. Not to mention that they were very far away from the Order. ]

I can make you an honourary Padawan for now.

[She promises she won't turn into a Sith lord. They look cool and she loves Darth Vader, but not as a real person. Her face brightens with a wide grin and she does her best not to bounce on her heels.]

Really? What do honorary Padawan do? Do they take honorary lessons? Do they make honorary lightsabers?

[Do they get a lightsaber. Very important!]

To some degree, certainly. It does involve a lot of commitment and you will only receive an honourary lightsaber if you follow instructions and learn your lessons.

It will not be easy, by any means.

If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it. [She grins again fleetingly, before trying to look serious and attentive.]

I've seen squires! I know how hard they have to work, though I've never been one. Do I need to take any oaths?

Normally, yes. But not one for honourary Padawans. Holding you to that standard when I cannot provide proper lightsabers or the Jedi temple for training seems unfair.

[ He considers it thoughtfully. ]

I suppose I'll have to draft up a new oath for you.

[She has to be careful with an actual oath. But she supposes she'll see what he comes up with. It won't be more restrictive than an oath of fealty or knighthood, surely.]

Then you can let me know when you do. I suppose it won't be very ceremonious but I'm sure I'll find some way to celebrate.

Then I will leave that part to you.

[ This may be a horrible idea . . . but he could never turn someone away. ]

[If it helps, the worst Katie will probably do is try his patience. She can be a little scatterbrained at times-- and at others, unnervingly focused.]

So! What sort of duties must I do? Or should that wait until after? [The oath, that is.]

It might have to. I'll need to tailor some of the exercises since you're not Temple-raised.

In fact, how old are you?

I suppose that depends on who you ask.

[..actually, shouldn't she have had a birthday by now? Things are a little hazy when you go dimension jumping.] The last I checked, I think I was nine. I'm not old enough to drink anywhere.

[ Nine. Anakin's age when he started his training. ]

Of course not. I just needed to know because some parts of your training will need to wait until you're older.

Oh! Which parts? [She's terribly curious.] Is it because I'm too small or because people think children aren't ready to know everything?

Neither of those reasons. You simply don't have a lot of the temple skills we begin with when we were younger. Such as . . . stepping under a waterfall and not getting wet.

As such, I need to start you off with the very basics before we can proceed.

[Oh! That sounds interesting. But please excuse Katie while she screws her face up in deep thought, sorting through whether she could, in fact, actually not get wet stepping under a waterfall. Probably not. And she's pretty sure that taking an umbrella, while funny, might get her a lot of stern looks. Oh well.

Actually, that might be trouble given it's running water--]

I suppose we can find out if we ever find any waterfalls! But that makes sense. The very basics it is, then. I'm good at very basics. I can be patient.

I don't think we'll start there. As I said, I'll need to tailor the activities according to your skill level.

[ He's hardly going to dump her in front of a waterfall and expect miracles. In a way, Obi-Wan is a born teacher. He knows how to adapt to situations. Anakin and Ahsoka have taught him much. ]

[Yeah, she knows they're not starting with the waterfall. For which she's relieved, because she's not sure what the actual reaction would be if she tried.]

So you need to find out what I'm good at first, is that it? [She phrases a lot of questions that don't really need to be questions. It's a way of getting around her geas.] Do I need to sit a test?

You might.

[ He'll have to figure out how their normal tests will work on her. ] But it's nothing too strenuous. You're already connected to the Force. I'll just need to know how strong it is.

[She wonders if she really is connected. It could be her connection to the Dreaming he's sensing. Maybe it translates to the same thing. Either way, there's no way she's passing this up.]

Then I'll do whatever tests you need, once you work out what they are.

I'll try not to take too long. It would not do to keep a good student waiting.

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