A Shadow and a Threat

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Luke sat  crosslegged on a couch on the observation deck, staring out into the Bleed, lost in thought.  Things had quieted down on the ship and for that he was glad.  Laater, Luke had resolved to go find Tycho later on and make sure he was doing okay (he'd heard of the other's injury), but until he did that, Luke had come up here to think.

There had been a strange darkness at the edge of his mind--not a dire threat, nothing to send his danger-sense into full alarm, but enough to make him worry.  It could mean that a Sith had woken up, and if that was so, it couldn't be anyone good.  There were several names that came to Luke's mind, and none of those were ones he particularly wanted to put faces to again.  With each, though, he was more worried for Ben's safety than his own.  Ben had had enough dealings with Sith already.  Luke didn't want to put him through that a second time.

But for now he meditated on this strange shadow in his mind, and wondered what he'd do when he ran into the source of it.

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Luke shook his head, looking bashful. "Mostly, it's a father instinct, I think," he explained. "Ben's had these two years to grow up more and I don't know so much of what's happened to him--to both of us. And it seems just yesterday that he was born, too."

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Obi-Wan's eyebrows rose at Luke's tone. It was— ah, a girl. Anakin might have though he was terribly secretive, but his master had always known.

"I see," he replied, with measured caution. Normally he'd caution against attachment, but it seemed there was no stopping Luke's now-lifelong innovations. And wasn't that his right, as Grandmaster?

"I'm afraid I haven't much good advise. Time will pass, and young men grow up, no matter what we do."

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"And here I thought I could keep him as a baby forever," Luke said with a shake of his head. "Mostly I just want him to be safe. But somehow I don't think Skywalkers are physically capable of staying out of dangerous situations."

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"Well you won't find any arguments about that from me," And he had to laugh because wasn't that just the truth, "But you must remember, Skywalkers also seem to have an uncanny ability to get out of them as well."

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"True." Luke chuckled. "I don't want to think about how many times you had to watch my father get in and out of a tangle."