thefinaljedi | Appointments

Yes, he's sleeping in his old room. We spoke for a few hours, but he's exhausted.

[Luke puts down the cube]

You alright? No more visions? Aang mentioned he'd seen you having one.

"... They have been less frequent since the masquerade."

Which actually brought him to another interesting point.

"Have you spoken to Adele since your return?"

[Luke's mouth twitched into a wry grin and he looked up at the other Jedi]

I have. I'm glad for you, my friend.

"I'm still not entirely certain what to think of the situation, but simply denying it for as long as I did was foolish, and the fact that I was unaware of the denial doubly so. I thought it best to acknowledge."

[He chuckles.]

"Perhaps that, too, was foolish."

Acknowledging how you feel is a natural thing, Obi-Wan. It'd be foolish to hold in your feelings too much. That's another problem all its own. I remember what it was like, trying to figure out the situation after Valentine's Day, or after Ami and I decided to go forward with our own...relationship.

[He coughs]

You made the right choice.

"I hope you're right."

[He takes another nibble of the danish.]

"I suspect you've also heard about what happened to Loki."

What, about Barton? Or the amnesia?

[Luke nods]

Both, I treated him this morning for his...arrow...wound. And his stomach from the amnesia recovery.

"I regret that I was unable to prevent the attack, but I did assist Loki afterward, with Adele's assistance."

[He frowns.]

"He was attacked again last night. By a newcomer to the village. Fortunately, Billy Kaplan intervened and I helped Loki in the aftermath, but I haven't the faintest idea how we can protect him when at any moment an enemy might enter the village and assault him.

He has apparently made many enemies in his home. Having spoken to Agent Coulson before his departure I am not surprised. However, he seems able to defend himself and escape, and I have been working with him myself.

[Luke's eyes twinkle]

I've been offering him advice on how to mimic some of our own skills with his sorcery.

"He did seem eager to learn about the Force. It's why I directed him to you- I felt you could teach a more broad array of skills and techniques than I."

Well, the Force isn't something I can teach, as you know. But the principles and ideas behind it I most certainly can. After all, much of what he can do can be replicated by magic. And for my part, he's helping me learn to create more realistic illusions.

"He seemed confident that his magic was compatible with the Force, in fact, so it seems he was correct in that regard.

I offered to teach him emotional coping techniques last night. He seemed amenable, so I regard this as a positive sign."

Compatible, yes. But not as versatile I feel.

That would be a positive sign. It means that there is perhaps hope for him to redeem himself.

"I had hope for it regardless. My first conversation with him following Rogers' warning convinced me that he was not so far gone."

Right. He's not even as far gone as Lord Vader was, in my time. I've sensed a capacity for good in him, underneath the rage and the pain.

Time will tell. Stark...believes it impossible, though he's quite unable to not take things personally.

"I do not know him well, but my impression of Tony Stark is that he is quite an authority on technology, science, and certain aspects of cultivating a public image, and... less of one in the comprehension of human emotions.

I flatter myself, perhaps, a better judge of character than him. If only by dint of my abilities."

Well, Tony Stark is an authority on the science and technology of his own world, though I suppose by our standards even his 'Iron Man' armor is a little...antiquated? It reminds me of a Mandalorian, to be honest, and I've never been terribly impressed with what passes for one these days.

And, besides, he's too close to the situation to see reason.

[For a moment, Obi-Wan thinks of Anakin, and feels a pang of regret.

Too close to the situation to see reason. It is a truth he had come to understand as largely responsible for his failure to observe Anakin's fall. He did not want to see it, and so he hadn't, even when the evidence was later revealed to be entirely obvious.

And then he thought of what Loki had said about ulterior motives. And he heard a voice that sounded an awful lot like his murmur something.

He forced himself not to pay attention.]

"I believe he is reasonable enough to accept that he was wrong if we succeed in helping Loki."

I concur. Stark is practical, if nothing else. We all need to work together to escape and manage anyway. It'd be foolish to turn away a magician as skilled as Loki when we can use the help.

[Luke shrugs, not noticing anything strange about Obi-Wan at the moment.]

Though I feel pretty bad, running off into the mountains and missing all the trouble.

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[He raises an eyebrow at Luke.]

"Were I to miss such a crisis wholly by accident, and come back feeling remorse, you would tell me I was being foolish."

Obi-Wan, we were due for a Shift. I've been here nearly a year, I should know better than to take time like that when the Shift is waiting in the wings.

"And had you been present, there is every possibility that you, too, would have been stripped of your memories. Even had you not, I think there was precious little either of us could have done.

You deserved your time of rest, my friend."

I know, I just can't help but feel that I could have done more. I suppose that's a very...you...attitude.

[Luke smiles smugly]

You did teach me in my past. Perhaps it can't be helped.

[Honestly, Luke.

Honestly.

Luke.

Luke, honestly?]

[Luke laughs]

Oh come on, I'm only joking. You don't have to be so serious all the time.

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