It isn't that Obi-Wan hadn't noticed this before, but he had always assumed it was in conjunction with the war. The longer it went out, the stronger the Dark Side became, the more exhausting things had become. The truth is when Obi-Wan went to Utapau and realized the extent of the situation, he hadn't expected to return alive. Not out of some kind of pessimism, but simply because the odds were greater against him alone than they had ever been before.
The knowing, now, is what changes everything. What Anakin is hiding, what Anakin is going through. Would he have left things the same way on Coruscant that day if he had an inkling of the struggle his former Padawan was going through? Would he have simply brought him along?
Would it have made a difference when Palpatine's claws were in so violently deep? ]
A few hours. [ He answers, pulling his eyes away from Anakin to angle up at the moon. ] If the movement of the moon is anything to go by.
[ They are still on the early side of dawn. The sky hasn't yet started to lighten up, but the world is beginning to stir in the Force. Night creatures following their instincts, returning to their homes as day creatures start to draw themselves out of dreams. ]
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It isn't that Obi-Wan hadn't noticed this before, but he had always assumed it was in conjunction with the war. The longer it went out, the stronger the Dark Side became, the more exhausting things had become. The truth is when Obi-Wan went to Utapau and realized the extent of the situation, he hadn't expected to return alive. Not out of some kind of pessimism, but simply because the odds were greater against him alone than they had ever been before.
The knowing, now, is what changes everything. What Anakin is hiding, what Anakin is going through. Would he have left things the same way on Coruscant that day if he had an inkling of the struggle his former Padawan was going through? Would he have simply brought him along?
Would it have made a difference when Palpatine's claws were in so violently deep? ]
A few hours. [ He answers, pulling his eyes away from Anakin to angle up at the moon. ] If the movement of the moon is anything to go by.
[ They are still on the early side of dawn. The sky hasn't yet started to lighten up, but the world is beginning to stir in the Force. Night creatures following their instincts, returning to their homes as day creatures start to draw themselves out of dreams. ]