Dooku even in the temple is protective of tiny obi and sneaks him treats
“Qui-Gon!” Yan hurried through the groups of Jedi to catch up to
his former padawan, smiling slightly at the young man as he stopped
to let Yan catch him. “There you are, I’ve been trying to find
you most of the day.”
The long haired Jedi tilted his head in surprise at that before
smiling in turn. “Ah, I apologize then. I didn’t mean to make you
chase me, I’ve been kind of busy most of the day.”
“So I heard! You have a new padawan Yoda told me.” The older man
glanced around discreetly, hoping to see the new addition to their
linage. Yoda hadn’t told him much but seemed very happy from the
looks of it.
Then he took note of Qui-Gon’s almost embarrassed looking
expression.
No, not embarrassed, uncertain. That was more a long the line of the
expression Qui-Gon was sporting. Unsure about Yan approving of his
new padawan perhaps?
After Xanatos fall, Yan had been keeping a close eye on his former
padawan, trying not to worry to much about the dark pit the other
seemed to have fallen into. But there was a bit more light in the
other now then last he had seen Qui-Gon.
“Yes. Yes Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was an Initiate…he’s twelve.”
“Ah, he almost aged out then?” Yan tilted his head curiously.
“Almost. There’s still a week until he turns thirteen.” Qui-Gon
took a deep breath then shifted, holding his hand out to his tunic.
“Obi-Wan, please come out.”
Yan blinked then stared as the tunic shifted a bit until a little
copper haired being crawled into Qui-Gon’s large palm. “Obi-Wan,
this is my former master. Your grandmaster. Yan Dooku. Yan…” He
looked to the other and swallowed. “This is my new padawan,
Obi-Wan.”
The two stared at each other before Obi-Wan stood up and bowed for
Yan, low and properly. “Greetings master Dooku, its a pleasure to
make your acquaintance.” There was a brilliant light inside the
little humanoid on Qui-Gon’s palm and Yan reluctantly felt his lips
twitch into a small smile as he bowed back before offering his index
finger to Obi-Wan, feeling two small hands come up to shake it. “Its
a pleasure to make your acquaintance padawan Kenobi.”
He absently noting Qui-Gon’s shoulders relaxing and smiled warmly
at the little spark. “I’ll be looking forward to see how your
training progresses Obi-Wan.”
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“You know, he’s going to get fat if you continue feeding him
treats when I’m not looking.” Qui-Gon crossed his arms, unamused
as he watched his grandmaster roll another fancy chocolate ball
towards Obi-Wan, the padawan scampering after as quickly he could so
it wouldn’t roll of the table. “And I would have preferred that
you told me you were taking him for the day.”
Yan chuckled quietly, watching the young padawan. “I figured you
wouldn’t mind. I knew you’d be with Tahl and Micah, effectively
leaving your padawan alone.”
“He was doing homework.” Qui-Gon offered dryly before sitting
down.
“No one likes being alone Qui-Gon. Not for that long.” Yan
offered mildly. “And I am not the only one feeding him treats.”
He smirked.
Qui-Gon rolled his eyes and reached out, picking Obi-Wan up to settle
the boy on his lap instead, it would be warmer and more comfortable.
“You don’t say. So far I’ve caught you, Yoda, Tahl, Micah AND
Mace. And I’m sure there’s others that I just haven’t seen.”
He stared down at his padawan who gave a doe eyed look as best he
could while continuing to eat his chocolate ball.
“Can you blame us?” Yan smirked and picked up his teacup.
“Bah.”