In lupine copper please tell me obiwan is able to free Shimi I don’t want her to die from sand people and just want her to be happy. Also hope you’re doing well moddy.
Stretching his legs out on the bed as he hooked his comm to his belt, Obi-Wan let out a deep breath through his nose as he resisted the urge to go shower, squinting faintly as his eyes once more adjusted to the dimness inside his nest and not the bright glow of his comm.
He felt unclean but a shower wasn’t going to fix that feeling since it was purely a psychological feeling and not a physical one after what he had just done, what he had asked his friend to do.
Obi-Wan had just asked one of his friends, maybe his best friend, Quinlan, to drop by Tatooine for ‘repairs’ on the official report and unofficially buy someone.
A sentient person, who by all rights should have rights but didn’t due to the hutts and the slave trade that the Republic didn’t dare try to untangle lest they get into a war with said hutts.
And the Jedi weren’t allowed to officially touch with a ten foot pole by the Senate, though the Jedi tried their best on the sly without being too obvious.
It was one of the things that made the Jedi better at times, particularly young knights on their first missions in the universe.
By all rights, the systematic slavery of the outer rims should be illegal, but due to it being hutt space, it was allowed to thrive with other outer rim planets joining in and the Republic not stepping in to aid said planets and the people caught up in it.
‘Not that its much better in the core, not really,’ Obi-Wan thought bitterly to himself as he carefully ran his hand through Anakin’s hair as the pup continued sleeping peacefully, not having been disturbed by Obi-Wan’s conversation. ‘Indentured servitude is still slavery only by another name considering some of those contracts are impossible to complete for whoever signs them.’ The only difference was the obviousness of it and the name.
Grease the right palms and the law looked away for even obvious slaves to come onto Coruscant and into the household of those who held power.
Did it make Obi-Wan bitter?
Yes.
Could he do much about it?
Unfortunately no and it chafed at his very bones as his canine parts snarled and rattled in unhappiness that echoed through his soul.
But he was a Jedi, not a politician as much as he tried to broker peace when he was sent to various systems with his master and oversee elections some places, some of them rigged. He was not the law and unfortunately he could not change the law either.
Looking down at the blond head of the pup resting in his nest, it almost made Obi-Wan want to try and take over an office just to try and change the law.
But the Senate was a many headed snake that moved too slowly for someone like him to do real change, which would frustrate him even more.
The only way for something to really happen would be for someone with proper power to step in.
And unfortunately, mid rim planets did not have much power in the Senate.
You’d need a core planet to start the ball rolling.
Wrapping himself around his pup, Obi-Wan let out a deep, shaking breath.
At the very least Quinlan would get Anakin’s mother to safety, the combined funds of Quinlan and Obi-Wan should be more than enough for Shmi Skywalker, especially since Quinlan knew how to barter.
Aaaand if Obi-Wan thought to hard about what Quinlan was going to barter for, he was going to be sick so he best stop thinking about that at least for now as he instead focused on Anakin.
The slow, steady breath, the warmth of the pup in his nest, the soft scent of the fresher soaps kept in his and Qui-Gon’s fresher due to Obi-Wan’s sensitive nose and the even thumps of Anakin’s heartbeat.
Focusing on that, it was enough to get Obi-Wan to settle, at least for now as he slowly rubbed Anakin’s hair, the dimness and comfort of his nest settling Obi-Wan to drowse, knowing that he would soon enough be on his way to Naboo with his master.
Obi-Wan best enjoy what time he had with his pup as he wouldn’t see the other for a good week until he returned, considering what that rather moronic queen had done in the Senate, Obi-Wan might be gone even longer.
‘Honestly, who advised her to ask for a vote of no confidence?’ Obi-Wan grumbled inwardly. ‘Whose to say the next Supreme Chancellor would be any more helpful to Naboo than Valorum, who asked for a personal favor to have the Jedi check Naboo out?’ He huffed, bemused by the Nabooan idiocy.
But then again, idiots were in power all over as Obi-Wan had learned, be it the Jedi temple or out in the outer rims milk farms.
Always one moron in power in every ruling body.