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Summary
"I thought Master Qui-Gon was going to train me," he says finally. TPM, AU.
They go in front of the Council almost a full day after Qui-Gon gets out of the bacta tank.
“Confer on Obi-Wan Kenobi the rank of Jedi Knight we shall,” Yoda declares after the opening formalities. “Faced his trials in combat, he has.”
Obi-Wan inclines his head gracefully. Yoda has told him this already, but it’s somewhat of a relief to hear it in front of the Council, in front of Qui-Gon. He is fond of the little formalities; they are a relief to him.
Qui-Gon nods as well. This is expected, after all; the surprise is yet to be stated. “And the boy?” he asks. “Since Obi-Wan will no longer be my apprentice, I will be free to take Anakin on as my Padawan learner –”
It stings, but this is expected as well. Obi-Wan keeps his face impassive.
“Trained as a Jedi young Skywalker will be,” Yoda says, and Obi-Wan thinks he hears the faintest hint of disapproval in the old Master’s voice, “but not by you, Master Jinn. Obi-Wan will train him.”
“What?”
He thinks it’s Qui-Gon that’s spoken – has to be, because Obi-Wan would never protest a decision of the Council’s. He realizes a moment later that it wasn’t Qui-Gon at all, because Qui-Gon is looking at him like he’s a stranger.
“Obi-Wan is not ready to take a Padawan,” Qui-Gon says, and this time he doesn’t look at Obi-
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