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I understand how you feel.

[ Oh, does he. And much like Luke, this isn't a first for him, although it has presented itself much more strikingly this time around. Being cut off from the Force is unlike anything Obi-Wan's experienced in his lifetime and when he thinks about it too much, it becomes oddly terrifying. Not that he'd ever admit that. ]

Yes, it's me. I haven't yet been turned into a child — the me you see is as I was when I arrived here. But I understand you know me very differently, don't you?

I hope it's just temporary. My wife and son have got to be so worried if they can't feel me in the Force....through our Force-bond...Leia, too.

[That Force bond is making it worse for Luke. It's like suddenly losing half of his soul. They can always feel each other, even on different planets. And that's suddenly gone. And of course he has his twin bond with Leia and his link to little Ben.]

And yes. You were much older. [ Tattooine life takes a hsrsh toll, that much is clear now.] But you taught me what you could. I feel I owe so much to you.

[Like his life...his family's very existence...if not for Obi-Wan, he, Han and Leia would have died on the Death Star.]

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[ Hold the commlink there. ]

A wife and son? That's- It's remarkable. Have you told Anakin? Does-? Is Leia with you? What are your wife and son's names?

[ This exuberance, tired though it is, probably won't subside any time soon. ]

(OOC we haven't got that far yet, so I've got to say no for now.)

Not yet...I'm still just processing him being here. I can tell he isn't Sith...but it's still taking some getting used to. I want to talk to him more. I've wished for so long that I could have met him as he really was, and now it's really happening. I still can't believe it.

[He has so much he wants to talk to both of them about, so much he hopes he can learn...]

Mara. Jedi Master Mara Jade Skywalker. I know, it's not exactly the Jedi way, but I guess I'm not the most conventional of Jedi, either. And our son is Ben. After the name I knew you by. I thought it would be a good way to honor you.

[The weariness is coming out in his eyes now as he thinks back over everything. Mara struggling to survive, Anakin's death, Chewie's death, the torture and captivity of Jacen and the way Vergere messed with his mind, Han's devastation and disappearance after losing Chewie, Leia's capture and the injuries she'd sustained...the toll it's taken on Leia and her family has been incredible, but Luke and his family feel it just as badly...]

No, Leia isn't with me. I almost wish she and her family were. [He sighs.] We've been through so much lately. The galaxy's been fighting a war against invaders, and there's been so much loss and destruction...even just in our own family. It's been hard on the whole group. There is peace now, but there's so much to rebuild and so many lives to try to pick up the pieces of. Even Coruscant itself. Even with the crash, it would be nice just to have us all here and able to rest. To be a family again and see something besides brutality and suffering for a while.

[He studies Obi-Wan with eyes that still have their sense of optimism and hope, but that are tired and a bit worn right now, even with looking like a kid's. ]

The rebellion was tough, but this has been far worse.

[ This is, most notably, a lot to take in. Likely too much to take in considering they are the barest consideration of face-to-face, but for this moment, it will have to do. ]

I—

[ How does he even begin? Where does he begin? There's a sense of being ripped apart all at once, both by the past and by this odd present, and for all he does to try to understand it, Kenobi finds there are still no clear answers as to how all of these things tie together, save for the family at the center of it. ]

Luke, I don't know how I could possibly ask all the questions coming to mind. There's so much to be said.

[ He lets out a low, long breath and does all he can without the Force to center himself (which turns out to be not much at all). ]

Could we meet in person? I can come to you — I'll find you.

Yeah...yeah that would be better.

I'm sorry, I know it's a lot. Mind's just got so much going through it all at once...so much to process right now.

Anyway, yeah, I'd like seeing you in person.

[ Obi-Wan waves off the apology — it's not necessary. ]

Stay right where you are, all right?

[ And then he ends the connection and... well, he's doing this the old fashioned way, isn't he? Where he has to find his way to Luke without the aid of the Force. It takes some time, and certainly a few tips from others, but eventually he finds his way to the young-but-not Skywalker.

He approaches slowly, his hands gathered together in front of him, tucked away into the sleeves of his robe. ]

Luke. I can hardly believe my own eyes... It really is you.

All right. [He nods.] I'll stay put.

[Luke can't hold back a smile, if a slightly world-weary one, when he sees his former mentor. He's much younger, but it's still so obviously him.]

I can't believe it either. For me, it's been so many years. I don't know why the Force brought us together like this, but I'm glad. Being with you...and my father...it'll take some time to come to terms with it all, but I'm happy to have the chance, even if it's in a way I don't quite understand yet.

[He wants to tell him about how brief their time together was and how he's so often wished he could spend more time with Obi-Wan. But, he's careful because he doesn't know how much is already known.]

[ For Obi-Wan, it's only been a short while. But the Luke he met here not long after his arrival is hardly reminiscent of this young boy, while still somehow they all end up being very... Luke Skywalker. It's something to marvel at, which Kenobi happens to be presently doing.

He hesitates a moment and then reaches a hand out and places it on the young man's shoulder. ]

We haven't met in my time — not yet. It's only since arriving here that I've come to know you.

[Luke nods.] I always remember you being older. Uncle Owen was afraid, I think. He wanted me to stay away from you. I still remember being curious when I was younger, though. And...well, when we trained together later on.

How much do you know about...later on?

[He doesn't want to be responsible for any nasty surprises if he can help it.]

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[ There's a short, but careful intake of breath at the question, but Obi-Wan already knows it's coming and he's been trying to prepare himself as best he can. Regardless, just saying the words, he knows he'll taste the bitterness on his tongue. ]

I know about— the fall of the Republic, in part. I've been told Anakin falls, the clones turn, Senator Palpatine becomes Emperor Palpatine. [ Anakin's been told, too. It did not go well. ] And I die, although only one person here has ever been interested in broaching that subject with me, and only because he was wishing death on me doubly so.

[ There's more, of course. It hurts him every day to think of what he's been told, particularly for his part (which he feels he must not have played all that well). ]

Leia told me she named her child Ben.

[Luke nods. He wants to tread carefully, since it isn't clear if he knows everything about his death.]

It was because of you that Leia and I and the man she later married escaped the Imperials. Still, it saddened me very much. But you still came to guide me...your spirit did.

[Obi-Wan's next words confuse him.]

No...that's not right. Ben is my son. Leia has...had...three children. Jacen and Jaina are twins, just like her and I. Their younger brother, the one who was lost, he was named for his grandfather...Anakin.

Could someone have just been a little confused?

We may not all be from the same universe, from what I'm to understand. That there are... alternate universes is quite a thing to wrap one's mind around, but others have said as much.

[ There's no small amount of information to be collected from the other crewmembers, and when times were a bit happier, that wasn't nearly so difficult as it seems to be now. ]

If only your sister were still here... She could tell you herself.

[Luke nodded, recalling his talk with his father.]

My father...he said something like that, too. That this was another universe, or something. It's a lot, though, thinking of different versions of things. Of us.

[It was a lot to wrap his mind around. If that was the case, which Obi-Wan and Anakin were here? He didn't want to think about it too much. His father was his father, regardless of which world he was from.]

I don't think it makes a difference in some ways. I see you and my father as the same, no matter which world you came from.

Leia was here? But not now? I wonder if that means there is some way back home. My father said it wouldn't be easy.

Is there anyone else here besides the three of us?

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Of those you might know, Han Solo is here. Padmé, your mother, is here as well. There is a bounty hunter from my time named Zam, as well as a Force sensitive girl named Rey from the planet Jakku who appears to be from the future, perhaps your time.

There have been others, but I believe they've since left, although it can be hard to tell when things are in such disarray.

[ And without the Force, he certainly can't feel them out. ]

[He nods.] I guess it's hard to tell who's from where right now. But I'm still going to talk to them when I can.

Mother contacted me, I'll meet her very soon. I'm still in a bit of shock. Until that video, I had never even seen a holo of her. I recognized my father...sort of. Naturally, I didn't think it could be him...it seemed impossible at the time. But, it was. I saw his true appearance once before. But I'd never seen my mother.

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