The first time she makes it snow, controls the flurries and lets them glide down his cheeks like the echoes of his birth motherās kisses, he canāt help but cry. Heās never missed his home planet, but heās always missed the snow.Ā
He twists and turns them while he meditates, bending their little stems into intricate spirals and lifting their petals so they turn towards a sun theyāve never seen - little metal flowers he started carving for his little sister. The first one he presses into Nareenās palm has flowers painted the colors of the skies at night on Coruscant.Ā
Padawan. There is so much they must learn, so much they still donāt know, but she makes him feel like heās learning. Dancing together, blunt staves whirling, they echo each other in a dance one element away from deadly. Their training is quiet, sometimes, but to be a Jedi they must be capable of violence - they cling to each other with that knowledge, giving each other a reason to push their muscles and abilities beyond what theyāve ever known.Ā
His master is peace. Meditations against the backdrop of her quiet humming, children breathing deep as they nap away the middle of the day - its no wonder the other padawans have sought her out as a refuge. He likes the way Nareen listens to Noa, likes to watch them learning and playing with the children, He learns through them both - more than just how to be a Jedi, how to forgive himself.Ā