Broken Dreams, Shattered Faith

by Becky

Title: Broken Dreams, Shattered Faith
Author: Becky
Category: Angst, POV
Rating: PG
Warnings: No Sex
Spoilers: Post RoS
Word Count: Each part is exactly 100 words
Summary: Part one is Qui-Gon's POV, Part Two Obi-Wan's.
Feedback: Yes, please. All comments are welcome.

Qui-Gon
He is so broken.

His mind is filled with fragments of broken dreams and shattered faith. They litter his path to me like so much splintered glass.

I can not go to him. This final road he must walk alone. It isn't the pain of loss that's stopping him. He's learned that lesson already. It's that he'd rather believe himself a failure than helplless.

He failed no one; me or that poor boy. Events, once put into motion, must be played to their conclusion. This isn't the end, and there is still hope.

I'll wait.

He isn't ready.

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Obi-Wan
Master Yoda has told me that Qui-Gon is waiting, and taught me what I must do to reach him. Lay down my guilt, release my grief, let go of my anger, and go to him.

Deceptively simple, as always.

I need to believe, if just for a moment, that I was, am, something more than a cosmic pawn in a galactic game of chess.

I know he's here. I can almost feel him, sometimes, just at the edge of my mind.

I know he'll wait for me; I still have my faith in that, at least.

I'm not ready.

Yet.