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There is a Jedi Master outside.

Oh, yes, he is going over lightsaber katas. If anything, his skill keeps on improving.

In the semi-dark of a starry night, the display of flashing and dancing lights is quite impressive.

Watch, bother, interrupt?

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"We all thought that. Force, Vader himself left Anakin for dead. But in the end, Anakin's son succeeded where you and I failed, and enabled his father to overcome Vader and defeat Sidious."

"At what cost, old friend? How many died until that day?"

"Too many, Mace. If I could prevent them dying, I would. Then again, Sidious eventually got tractor-lock on Anakin by promising him a way to restore bodily life to the dead, so that may not be the safest comparison." He thinks a moment. "On the other hand, Master Dooku's found out what's in his future, courtesy of the other patrons, and last I heard, he seemed quite keen to avoid it."

"It will work? I did not tell him, because I did not see a shatterpoint ocurring. I do not like the idea of changing history; we can not cover all the possibilities."

"I've no idea if it'll work or not. But enough people from after our time had let enough things slip in his presence..." Another shrug. "...that I decided I might as well be hanged for a shaak as for a nerf and filled in a few more of the blanks. I don't know if he can change the history we remember; I still recall the Clone Wars, and their results, all too clearly, so he hasn't changed it yet. However, this bar's interaction with our galaxy has created at least one branching history that I know of; perhaps he'll be able to create another.

"As to the shatterpoint or lack thereof..." Obi-Wan shrugs again. "It may not have existed yet when you spoke to him. You were one of four Jedi who gave him hints of his future; perhaps it needed all four conversations to create the 'point." He sure is doing a lot of shrugging today, isn't he? "However, lacking the ability to see them as clearly as you do, I've no idea if I hit it or not. All I can do is hope."

"I will have to talk with him, and see what I can find out."

"Let me know what you find, please." He turns to go. "I'd best move on. It was good to see you again, Mace. May the Force be with you."

"I will. May the Force be with you, my friend."

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