Office #8, Friday

[saddeserthermit]

The island was remarkably quieter now than it had been Wednesday, nor did Obi-Wan have any further conversations with Anakin scheduled for the near future. That made it a calm morning; it also made it the first morning in three weeks where he was contemplating returning to Tatooine to check on Luke.

Another day, he'd decided. If he made too frequent a habit of those visits, Owen Lars might well keep him from the boy entirely. But not much later, either. So he'd spent the early morning making sure Rooh would be ready to carry him later on the weekend, and then he had decided to finally go see about this office he'd acquired.

It was sparse, but that was all right with him. The ancient-looking device on the desk held no particular interest. He'd have to bring a water boiling device of his own next week, since the tea he'd acquired had taken some searching.

But with said tea acquired, he could finally sit. In silence. Blessed, blessed silence.

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[nuclear_snide]

Not silent enough!

To be fair, Obi-Wan was pretty silent, but Bob was really bored, so he wasn't about to miss a new office resident.

He stuck his head through the door (literally, if it was closed). "Hello, neighbour!"

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan blinked at the head that suddenly appeared straight through his door. Once.

"...Hello, Bob."

He took a sip of his tea.

[nuclear_snide]

"Well," Bob observed, "At least you're a bit less high-strung than your friend. How have you been; settling in nicely? Were you here for the eels?"

[saddeserthermit]

"Do you do this often?" Obi-Wan wondered, because sticking your head through people's doors, honestly. "Yes, I was here for the eels. We took out some of their number in town after they assaulted the movie theater."

[nuclear_snide]

"Visit?" Bob asked. "Well, it's not as though I've got a lot else going on. I missed the eels, but one of my students mentioned them."

[saddeserthermit]

"Sticking your head through closed doors unannounced," Obi-Wan said.

He was less high-strung than Anakin, yes. But could Bob not have been a bit more polite?

"The eels appeared all over town for quite some time," he said. "They largely seemed to avoid the dwellings, however."

[nuclear_snide]

Bob stared at him for a moment.

"How do you propose I announce myself?"

[saddeserthermit]

"Last time I checked, my door was not made of duracrete, and is perfectly conducive to sound," Obi-Wan said mildly. "And you seem perfectly capable of raising your voice."

Sorry, Bob. Lecturing was just what he did.

[nuclear_snide]

Bob raised his eyebrows. "And yelling in the hall is less disruptive than sticking my head in?"

That was fine; annoying was what Bob did!

[saddeserthermit]

"A moderate volume, perhaps," Obi-Wan mused. "If you need to practice, my door's still closed."