The Changing Of The Guard by Watson Jude

Author:Watson, Jude [Watson, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“And that is why you and my Master made your decision this evening,”

Ferus said.

“You don’t agree.” Obi-Wan spoke carefully.

“I don’t disagree,” Ferus said. “I recognize that I don’t have the experience to refute what you say.”

Obi-Wan stifled a sigh. He could see why Anakin had a hard time with Ferus. Ferus always said the correct thing. Obi-Wan preferred the spontaneity of his own apprentice.

“I sense your impatience,” Ferus went on. “You think I only say the correct thing just to impress you or my Master.”

“I don’t think that,” Obi-Wan said. “Well, not exactly.”

“Can I help it if the Jedi wisdom I have learned by rote speaks to my heart?

” Ferus asked. “I don’t say things because they will please you.

I say them because I feel they are true. It’s always been that way, from my earliest memory of the Temple. When I was taught, it was as though I already knew. Every Jedi lesson seemed to fit a groove inside my mind that had already been worn. It was why learning was so easy for me.”

“You have a great connection to the Force,” Obi-Wan said. “No doubt that is why.”

“So does Anakin,” Ferus pointed out. “Far greater than mine. I can see that. Yet he did not have the problems I did at the Temple. He has made great friends there.”

Obi-Wan was surprised. “But you were popular in your class.

Everyone looked up to you.”

“Yes, I was the one whom everybody liked, but whom nobody wanted to talk to. I was welcome at every table in the eating areas, but not invited to any particular one. Everyone was my friend, but nobody was my particular friend.” Ferus picked some grass and let it fall idly through his fingers. “I’ve heard the names they call me. A tunic stuffed with feathers and the Force.

The ruler of Planet Dull.”

Obi-Wan frowned. He had not known these things.

Ferus waved a hand. “It’s all right. It’s all true, isn’t it? I’ve never been able to joke like the others. I know I can be pompous, too correct. I never learned how to tease the other students. They came to me for help with their studies, they looked to me for answers, but no one wanted to be my friend. Not my true friend, the way Anakin has Tru Veld and Darra.”

Was it a trick of the moonlight, or did Ferus suddenly look younger than his years? Usually, he looked much older. His noble features and the streak of gold in his dark hair had given him a look of maturity early on.

But now he looked uncertain, questioning. Young.

“You will find friendships later in life,” Obi-Wan said, after a pause.

“Friendships are hard to maintain for the Jedi. It is why we treasure them.

Let go of your longing, and what you want will come.”

“Or else I am meant to stay the way I am,” Ferus said. “I wish I had what Anakin has. His connection to the Force is strong, yet he also connects to beings very strongly.”

“Yes,” Obi-Wan agreed.

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