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"Master, how did you first know?"
читать дальшеDepa Billaba looked away from the controls of the transport she had been monitoring as the ship flew through the swirling blue of hyperspace. Next to her, in the copilot's seat and practically disappearing into a Jedi cloak that seemed almost too big for him, was her recently acquired Padawan. He was looking at her, eyes wide with bright curiosity and a thoughtful, searching glint. She gave him a smile and a gentle laugh when no further detail was forthcoming in the question.
"I'm afraid that you're going to have to be more specific, Caleb," she said.
"You know," Caleb replied, "when you accepted me as your Padawan. You said you thought that I was young, but that I was needed anyway. How did you know that?"
"Ah, you're wondering why I finally said yes," she said, "even though I hadn't been inclined to take on an apprentice."
"Well, sort of, I guess," Caleb said, looking away and running a hand through his hair. "Why'd you change your mind?"
"Well, you seemed to know before I did," Depa replied, "how did you know?"
"I dunno," said Caleb, "it was just a sort of a feeling, I suppose. I was passing your bacta tank in the Infirmary and you just sort of got my attention. It was like a... a pull or something."
"What sort of a pull?"
Caleb looked frustrated and waved a hand in the air, sullenly sinking even further into his seat. "Just a pull," he said, "you know? Like something important. I... I don't know how to put it."
Depa gave a small hum of understanding. There was a long pause as she considered what to say next. "For me, it was that I kept running into you at the Temple. In crisis or not, you simply kept crossing my path. One doesn't tend to ignore such coincidences, because where the Force is involved it usually isn't one."
Impossibly, Caleb sank even lower in his seat, giving a groan and pulling the hood of his cloak up over his head. He looked perfectly mortified and Depa couldn't help but give a small laugh.
"Caleb? I take it that wasn't the answer you wanted to hear. What is it?"
"Um... I don't think it was the Force," the Padawan mumbled, pulling his hood down further.
"Why not?" Depa asked.
"I was sort of... trying to get your attention," Caleb admitted, softly.
Depa blinked and stared at Caleb for a long moment, then broke out into an all-out, full-on laugh.archiveofourown.org/works/9390434/chapters/2125...Оу, да это же продолжение моего любимого зебофанфика! Ну-ну!
Кстати, фик оказался про встречу с Сабин, и от нее весьма веет сериальными ощущениями.