Chilly Boulder [afternoon]

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"So you've been settling in well?" Anakin asked, holding the door for Qui-Gon. "Nothing too jarring?" He smiled. "Other than the dinosaurs, naturally."

Everyone needs ice cream. Even Jedi.


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"Passably well," Qui-Gon said. "And the dinosaurs weren't jarring so much as.... big and smelly."

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"The teeth gave me some pause," Anakin admitted with a smile, walking up to the counter, "but it was nice to get some practical lightsaber training in for once."

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"You just liked being able to go full out against something," Qui-Gon observed, looking up at the order board and the various choices.

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Anakin didn't bother trying to deny it. He just shrugged and gave Qui-Gon a small smirk. "They make some teeth-rottingly sweet concoctions here," he said, placing an order for two scoops of chocolate chile ice cream, "but I prefer something with a bit of heat to it."

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"Does that go for things that aren't food as well?" Qui-Gon asked. He ordered when it was his turn four sccops in total, each scoop something different that he'd picked randomly.

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Anakin raised an eyebrow at the concoction. "Interesting choices," he said, sitting down at a nearby table. "And I suppose it does," he continued. "I'm from Tatooine. I'm used to the heat."

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Qui-Gon cocked his head to the side. "I don't think I've ever been there."

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Anakin hid a small smile. "It's out of the general rule of the Republic," he said. "It's a Hutt-controlled smuggler's haven in the Outer Rim. You should see it once when you get older."

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"Is that where we meet?" Qui-Gon asked with sudden insight.

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Anakin smiled over at him. "You know I won't answer that," he said.

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Qui-Gon gave a half shrug. "Can't blame a Jedi for trying."

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"Especially not you," Anakin replied. "As a special favor to you, I'll even skip the lesson about how knowing the future can lead to disasters. You can now say 'thank you, Master Skywalker.'"

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Qui-Gon chuckled. "We have to live in the present -- that's where our attention should be most. But it's difficult not to be curious."

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"And this school makes it difficult to resist," Anakin admitted, "especially when you meet Jedi who are interacting with people in a manner so different than the way you were taught. I admire your restraint."

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"It may be considered heresy, but I don't necessarily agree with every... policy the Council and the Temple advocates," Qui-Gon said.

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Anakin steepled his fingers together and stared across the table. "Such as?"

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"That the best way to protect people is cut ourselves off from them," Qui-Gon said.

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"Beings have done incredibly stupid things because they are too attached," Anakin pointed out. "And the galaxy is fractious enough without them thinking that they have to worry about Jedi choosing a side for selfish reasons."

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"Granted," Qui-Gon agreed. "But there has to be a better way of maintaining balance than cutting ourselves off from others." He paused. "Have you ever heard the prophecy about the chosen one?"

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It would be very easy to pick up Anakin's wariness through the Force.

"I'm familiar with it," he said carefully.

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"There wouldn't be a prophecy to bring balance to the Force if we were in balance already," Qui-Gon pointed out.

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Anakin blinked. "...huh," he said. "You must drive Yoda insane."

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Qui-Gon gave a faint smile. "Maybe that's why he sent me here."

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"Yoda's not that petty," Anakin said with a small smile, "however we might wish it."

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"True," Qui-Gon agreed. "And there's a certain amount of hubris in thinking after 800 years of apprentices, I'd be the one that drove him crazy."

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Anakin chuckled. "He went around that bend a long time ago," he teased.

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"That could explain his unique syntax," Qui-Gon said with a mischievious grin.

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"Somehow I can't imagine him ever speaking like Dooku," Anakin said, focusing on his ice cream.

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"No, Master Dooku is much more blunt," Qui-Gon agreed. "Although there was less being whacked with a cane with him."

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Anakin's mouth went thin. "He prefers other methods."

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Qui-Gon frowned faintly. "You sound... do you have a problem with Master Dooku?"

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"Our view on the nature of the Force were different," Anakin hedged.