The name Caleb Dume takes a minute to process and once it Obi-Wan feels the weight of grief threaten once again. A small figure standing just behind and to the side of Depa Billaba. He knew Depa had fallen during the Purge but had never followed-up on the status of her Padawan.
'You just assumed he was dead,' Obi-Wan flinched slightly as he was forced to acknowledge the unkind truth, but he quickly shook it away. Another item to meditate on, when and if he got the opportunity.
'Back to the here and now, my young apprentice,' Qui-Gon's exasperated tones echoed in his head. The amendment to the past tense did not escape the scruffy master, though he did not offer any platitudes. Not at that very moment, at least.
"I think," he took a breath and drew his focus back to the moment. "That we know our captors are that way," he pointed towards where the Sylphid were shooting from. "We've been liberated, armed and told by our liberators that our next step lays this way," a motion towards where Brycen was supposed to be located. "One is a given, the other an unknown but I suppose we'd best hope it is an unknown in our favor."
He gave Ezra what he hoped was a reassuring smile, before angling to lead the way from the cover of the tree towards where the ATVs were supposedly stashed. If he happened to be reminded of Leia, comments about needing friends, and how that gamble had paid off? Well, he was going to keep that to himself.
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'You just assumed he was dead,' Obi-Wan flinched slightly as he was forced to acknowledge the unkind truth, but he quickly shook it away. Another item to meditate on, when and if he got the opportunity.
'Back to the here and now, my young apprentice,' Qui-Gon's exasperated tones echoed in his head. The amendment to the past tense did not escape the scruffy master, though he did not offer any platitudes. Not at that very moment, at least.
"I think," he took a breath and drew his focus back to the moment. "That we know our captors are that way," he pointed towards where the Sylphid were shooting from. "We've been liberated, armed and told by our liberators that our next step lays this way," a motion towards where Brycen was supposed to be located. "One is a given, the other an unknown but I suppose we'd best hope it is an unknown in our favor."
He gave Ezra what he hoped was a reassuring smile, before angling to lead the way from the cover of the tree towards where the ATVs were supposedly stashed. If he happened to be reminded of Leia, comments about needing friends, and how that gamble had paid off? Well, he was going to keep that to himself.