Theheelytrick Ha! More? Does he go to the senate? Does Padme go out of her way to see it after Anakin grumped about it to her? I would presume that no one has the guts to say anything as R2-D2 is the first person I would see speaking up and he would just be all "Finally a human that travels correctly" and Ahsoka would be the next person but I can see her thinking she isn't supposed to say anything as no one else said anything after Yoda's comment.
Thereis many things that Sheev Palpatine is and is not.
Heis a good actor but he’s not a good man.
Heis good at pretending to be benign and hides his desire for violenceand power beneath a grandfatherly exteriorhe has long cultivated and made people trust.
He’salso a conniving, power hungry but patient man witha hunger for knowledge.
Heis also sure that he has the scope of Kenobi and Skywalker’sability and knows exactly how to twist both around.
Untilthe latter comes glidinginto the Senate halls at Skywalker’s side, the blond lookingperturbed and obviously either does not knowwhat Kenobi is doing.
Butthe man is gliding.
He’sgliding past senator’s and aid’s with the ease of someone sure ofthemselves, his hair waving lightly at the air passing around him ashe smiles humbly.
Heis glidingand Sheev can’t hear the whirl of mechanics at use, the man iswearing his normal boots if more neatly polished and there is not asign of the Force at use either.
DarthSidious thought he had the full scope of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s abilitybut he has to rethink things, the spider crawling back into his netas he watches Kenobi pause to speak with Senator Organa, thealderaani princeglancing down at Kenobi’s shoes often and looking equallygobsmacked as everyone else.
IfKenobi can do this with nary even a tickle of the Force… what elsecan he do?
Whathas Sidious missed with his focus on Skywalker and his ideas for thegalaxy to come under his own thumb?
Whathas he missed with Kenobi, where is the line for his powers if he cando this.
Sidiousis nothing if not patient.
Hewill figure out this threat and until then… he can wait and he canwatch.
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Pressingher hand to her mouth, Padme watched Obi-Wan karking glidethrough the hall at Bail’s side, the two speaking about some kindof adventure they had together.
Shecould faintly catch the words Zigoola and shoulder carrying as thetwo continued further down the hall before she turned to look atAnakin with wide eyes, the Jedi knight staring just as much back ather as they remained hidden behind the pillars.
Forseveral seconds neither said anything until Padme weakly gesturedwith her free hand the way Obi-Wan had gone, several aid’s andsenator’s still staring that way.
Anakinjust shrugged weakly, opened his mouth only to shut up when R2D2bleeped in binary, the others face turning a bit sour. “Oh shut upR2, that wasn’t funny. My master isn’t half machine.” He huffedthen shuddered a bit.
Padmegot why.
Theother was thinking about Grievous and all the encounters Jedi hadwith him. Of course it would get to him a bit to imagine his verybeloved master as a half mechanic thing.
“Istill don’t understand what’s going on.” She mumbled, lettingher hand drop from her mouth.
Shruggingweakly, Anakin rubbed the back of his neck. “Honestly? No onedoes. The council all looked like gaping fish when he slid to hischair and I don’t know how to ask him what the hell he’s doing.There isn’t even a whisper of the Force as he moves about so Idon’t think it’s that?”Anakin face was confused, maybe a bit outraged.
Butmostly just confused as the two turned to look the way Obi-Wan hadgone once more.
Howthe hell was the Jedi doing that!?
Andwhat did it mean for everyone else if not even the Jedi council couldtell what Obi-Wan was doing.
