Old Man Obi-Wan: [puttering around his kitchen, humming to himself] [stops dead in his tracks and grabs his lightsaber]
Obi-Wan: [cautiously opening his front door] Who’s there? Show yourself! [squinting out into the distance]
Ahsoka: [getting in his face] Master Kenobi! You are here! [grabs him and hugs him, lifting him off the ground]
Obi-Wan: Oof! Ahsoka! What – how – where did you – who –
Ahsoka: [smirking] Let’s just say the Force did me a favor, and I figured before I continue on my mystical quest that will prevent me from appearing in the Original Trilogy I’d make one more stop to check on you.
Obi-Wan: [lowering his voice] Ahsoka, this is very dangerous, you shouldn’t be here – there’s so many things you don’t know –
Ahsoka: – Mmhmm. Like that Anakin is Darth Vader now?
Obi-Wan: [sighing sadly] Yes, like that. How’d you find out?
Ahsoka: He attacked some of my friends. And then me.
Obi-Wan: Same here.
Ahsoka: I can’t stay long, but…[reaching into a giant bag] I wanted to give you these…[hands him tins of tea]…and these [hands him several grocery bags full of food]…and some of this [hands him a few bottles of ibuprofen].
Obi-Wan: [trying to hold it all] Wait, I –
Ahsoka: Oh yeah, and also I knitted this for you on the ride over. [hands him a blanket]
Obi-Wan: Ahsoka, really, this is all very kind of you but I’ve been on my own this long, I can take care of myself…
Ahsoka: Right. Kind of like “no need to help me, Ahsoka, I’ll definitely figure out how to use my new computer on my own without you writing out instructions”?
Obi-Wan: Well really! Anakin was always buying me these blasted things with 1,000 buttons and I –
Ahsoka: – Or “don’t worry about me, Ahsoka, the venom is only lethal if I fall asleep in the next 48 hours”?
Obi-Wan: We were on a tight schedule on that mission and we didn’t have time to stop at an emergency room! I could have made it if you’d let me try…
Ahsoka: Or “don’t worry Ahsoka, we’re just going to rescue the Chancellor from the Separatists and we’ll be right back!”?
Obi-Wan: Now really, I think if Anakin and I had any inclination that things were going to go so far off course that week we would never have left it to you to fight Maul of all people –
Ahsoka: Oh yeah, by the way, just in case you didn’t know, last I saw of him, that guy was still alive. Sorry.
Obi-Wan: Not to worry. Took care of it myself just last week, actually. [nervously looking up] Probably.
Ahsoka: [knocks on the wooden kitchen table]Where’s the lifetime supply of vodka, AHSOKA?
I guess I assumed that that’s one thing Obi-Wan would have on hand. He might not have a blanket, but Ahsoka knows her Sad Dad’s gonna have at least SOME brandy somewhere. Especially now that she knows what he’s been through.
Also she probably got directions to Obi-Wan’s house in the first place from a bunch of regulars at a cantina she passed by. (”I’m looking for a human man – mid-50s, about this tall, swooshy hair that’s probably entirely grey now?” “Oh yeah, Old Ben! He flirts with everyone.” “Yeeeeep, that’s him all right. How do I get to his house?”)
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