[Anakin starts in on some blind retort likely meant to bolster his own ego (or worse, exacerbate his current personal misery; the two aren't so different in terms of poorly thought out bouts of narcissism), but stops cold before it even reaches the point of intelligible words.
It's bad when Obi-Wan stops joking and actually admits all the life-saving. It's never quite denied, no, but it always comes with an edge, a lilt, something meant to soften the sentiment and downplay the severity of their situation. It's only bare when the situation is dire.
And that would be enough to knock the smart-ass comeback out of anyone.
He gapes for a short moment and then promptly clamps his mouth shut in thought. It might be giving Obi-Wan exactly what he wants in a way Anakin's sure he'll never live down (if "never" lasts approximately a standard Corellian month), but he can't exactly say his friend lacks a point. That's the worst part of this: Obi-Wan knows precisely how this feels. He's been through this before despite everything Anakin would have given to prevent it, and survived it, and stang, how does it always end up like this?
Some day, damn it, he's going to be caught up. Ahead, even. For now, all he can do is sigh.]
No, you wouldn't. But I'm not going anywhere. None of us are. That's the problem.
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It's bad when Obi-Wan stops joking and actually admits all the life-saving. It's never quite denied, no, but it always comes with an edge, a lilt, something meant to soften the sentiment and downplay the severity of their situation. It's only bare when the situation is dire.
And that would be enough to knock the smart-ass comeback out of anyone.
He gapes for a short moment and then promptly clamps his mouth shut in thought. It might be giving Obi-Wan exactly what he wants in a way Anakin's sure he'll never live down (if "never" lasts approximately a standard Corellian month), but he can't exactly say his friend lacks a point. That's the worst part of this: Obi-Wan knows precisely how this feels. He's been through this before despite everything Anakin would have given to prevent it, and survived it, and stang, how does it always end up like this?
Some day, damn it, he's going to be caught up. Ahead, even. For now, all he can do is sigh.]
No, you wouldn't. But I'm not going anywhere. None of us are. That's the problem.