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N.B. Thoughts are in // and Italics.
Obi-Wan had been meditating for some time. Qui-Gon still refused to let Obi-Wan talk or even see Kathryn. It upset him and he didn't understand it. He had gone to the garden that Kathryn loved so much to meditate, sort out his feelings and plan a course of action. It wasn't really even that Qui-Gon was technically forbidding him to see her. Qui-Gon had requested - well maybe that was a command - he stay away because Kathryn wasn't ready to deal with him yet. She was barely responding to Qui-Gon.
Whenever he inquired of her progress Qui-Gon always said, "She Will be fine, just give her some more time to adjust." Qui-Gon then considered the discussion ended and the subject closed.
//I need her so much, why can't Master Qui-Gon see that?//
"She needs you as much as you need her." Q's voice pierced the silence.
"Please," said Obi-Wan unemotionally, "Leave me alone."
"Hey, whoa, if it weren't for me what would you do?"
"What? If it weren't for you we'd be in our own galaxy. We'd either be on Coruscant or on some mission. We'd be together - not alone."
//Alone, we're all alone, Kathryn in her ownmind, Qui-Gon refuses my help and I'm stuck here - meditating. But no longer.//
Obi-Wan strode to the door one thing on his mind. Suddenly he remembered Q.
As an after thought he turned and began "I . . ." Q was no longer there.