"Secrets Of The Jedi (Jude Watson)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Watson Jude)

"Glad I am to find you awake." Yoda scuttled forward, leaning on his
gimer stick.

He blinked at Qui-Gon. "And why, my friend, does sleep not find you?"

Qui-Gon did not want to discuss his heart with Yoda. He loved the Jedi
Master, but he did not want to confide in him. He had never told Yoda of
his feelings for Tahl, and there was no need for Yoda to know how close
Qui-Gon had come to violating the rules of the Jedi Order. So instead of
the full truth, he said, "I find peace from walking."

"See I do many things in you," Yoda said. "Peace is not one of them."

Qui-Gon didn't answer. He didn't shrug, or turn away, or drop his
eyes. He knew Yoda would read the unspoken message. I am not ready to talk
about this.

"Need a mission now, you do," Yoda said.

Qui-Gon nodded. "And you have one for me. It's about time."

Behind him he heard soft footsteps. The smell of rich tea came to his
nostrils - his favorite, a blend from the leaves of a sapir plant, green
and fragrant.

It must be near dawn, then. Obi-Wan had taken to brewing him tea and
bringing it to his quarters in the early morning. Qui-Gon had gently tried
to discourage him; he didn't want his Padawan to wait on him. But Obi-Wan,
in his own stubborn way, kept showing up. Qui-Gon was both irritated and
touched by this. Obi-Wan didn't know the details. But he was eighteen now,
old enough to make a good guess as to what had happened on Apsolon between
his Master and Tahl. He could sense the depths of Qui-Gon's sorrow, and he
felt he had to do something to help, no matter how small.

Qui-Gon could feel him hesitating now, back behind a pillar. He did
not want to interrupt his Master's conversation with Yoda.

"Step forward you may, Obi-Wan," Yoda said. "Concerns you, this does."

Obi-Wan came out of the shadows. Yoda took in everything in a glance -
the small teapot on the tray, the steaming mug, the expression of concern
in Obi-Wan's eyes.

His gaze returned to Qui-Gon. In that gaze Qui-Gon read the truth.
Yoda knew of his nighttime walks. Yoda knew of the tea Obi-Wan brought
every morning. And perhaps he even knew about Tahl. How could Qui-Gon have
forgotten that there was so little that Yoda did not know?

Yoda had not called them back in order to give Obi-Wan a chance to