The Hermit Shack in the Woods, Saturday Morning

[saddeserthermit]

Yesterday had been... unpleasant. Or at least troublesome. And yes, eventually Obi-Wan would have to have that conversation with Ahsoka he'd been putting off for some time

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[uncertain_dume]

After yesterday, which had involved two conversations about Kanan's past too many, Kanan... Kanan needed to talk. On his own terms, not on the island's. And, preferably, with somebody who had some idea of what he was talking about

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan sensed Dume, of course. The boy - man - masked himself well, but there was passing familiarity and history in place. It counted for much. Lost in the Living Force as he was, he did not miss much, but it also meant it took him time to come back to himself, to be one again instead of all.

He would be thankful to realize later that it had taken him minutes, not hours, to slide out of his meditation. He wasn't aware of the passage of time as much when he did so, however, and his mouth spoke before his eyes had even started opening. "Hello, D-- Kanan."

At least he remembered that much.

He opened his eyes and blinked until they adjusted to the light again.

[uncertain_dume]

The corner of Kanan's mouth twitched in a slight hint of a tired smile. There'd been a bit too much Caleb in him yesterday for his liking already, and hearing Master Kenobi stutter over his name like that helped, strangely enough. It let him re-shuffle things, to put them back into perspective.

"Master Kenobi," he said respectfully, giving his head a slight bow. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything important?"

[saddeserthermit]

"Merely my morning exercise," Obi-Wan said. "My old Master scolded me frequently over my lacking grasp on the Living Force, and there's no time like the present to make up for that deficiency."

He rose to his feet, brushing grass and twigs off his robe. "Though I should probably find myself a mat, one of these days."

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka didn't particularly want to have this conversation, here things felt closer to normal than they had in a long time and she selfishly wanted to keep that, but now that she'd said what she'd said, if she put it off it'd just...fester.

Unlike Kanan, however, she did open herself to the Force to find Obi-Wan, searching for a familiar calmness.

"Master Kenobi?"

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan was up and about by now, feeding the eopies outside. He looked away from Rooh, caught sight of Ahsoka, and smiled at her. "Over here," he called.

[snipsnspecks]

"I never pictured you with livestock." Ahsoka said as she came over and offered her hand to the smaller eopie to sniff, because it wasn't only sapient younglings she had a soft spot for.

[saddeserthermit]

"They're not livestock," Obi-Wan said. "Rooh and her son are their own creatures entirely."

Because of course he said that. The child, at least, was happy to sniff and cuddle her hand.