Ezra looked thoughtful at Ben's admission that he'd cut himself off from the Force for so long, and winced, at the idea what the older Jedi had finally let it in again, only to be caught off, so soon, without any choice in the matter
"Hera and Kanan, some of the other like you say, like that, they've been my family."
He cleared his throat. "Anyway. I've...I've had the Force all my life. It guided me, when I thought I was alone, I know that now. Being without it is-" He made a motion, like he was moving to tug at the gloves he'd habitually worn for so long. But he didn't have any gloves, here.
He didn't like this current state of affairs, to put it mildly.
"But I didn't know - I'd never heard anyone admit to being a Jedi or talk about the Force until-"
He paused again, and another smile flitted across his face. "I got caught, on the second part of that first mission I stumbled into, before Kanan and I could really talk. I still had the holocron on me." He made a disgruntled noise. "Didn't bother to search a ratty kid, I guess. I didn't believe, then, that anyone would come for me, but I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. Pictured daisies opening up, at a touch, because I'd worked on my own that, um, that could help make me feel better. And then came a voice- "
He had the entire message warning Jedi away from the main Temple memorized; he'd listened to it many times over the years. He skipped over the first lines, in this recitation, of past Master Kenobi confirming his identity to anyone who might have been listening.
"This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in the Force," he quoted, watching Ben for a reaction.
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"Hera and Kanan, some of the other like you say, like that, they've been my family."
He cleared his throat. "Anyway. I've...I've had the Force all my life. It guided me, when I thought I was alone, I know that now. Being without it is-" He made a motion, like he was moving to tug at the gloves he'd habitually worn for so long. But he didn't have any gloves, here.
He didn't like this current state of affairs, to put it mildly.
"But I didn't know - I'd never heard anyone admit to being a Jedi or talk about the Force until-"
He paused again, and another smile flitted across his face. "I got caught, on the second part of that first mission I stumbled into, before Kanan and I could really talk. I still had the holocron on me." He made a disgruntled noise. "Didn't bother to search a ratty kid, I guess. I didn't believe, then, that anyone would come for me, but I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. Pictured daisies opening up, at a touch, because I'd worked on my own that, um, that could help make me feel better. And then came a voice- "
He had the entire message warning Jedi away from the main Temple memorized; he'd listened to it many times over the years. He skipped over the first lines, in this recitation, of past Master Kenobi confirming his identity to anyone who might have been listening.
"This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in the Force," he quoted, watching Ben for a reaction.