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[darkforcerising]

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[ihateflying]

He caught at Anakin's fingers as they passed through his and returned the squeeze.

"I have a feeling that I've been making Palpatine angry for far, far, longer than I was more than mildly annoyed by him." If the horrible consequences of his obliviousness could be ignored, it would almost be funny.

"Why are the Inquisitors an irritation to Vader?"

[darkforcerising]

For the reason Anakin told himself it was because it was helping him stay grounded, he kept holding onto Obi-Wan's hand. He didn't examin that thought deeper.

"They're like herding nerfs. Nerfs with spinning lightsabers," he said derisively. This was his experience, as Vader. Now that he wasn't Vader, he still didn't see a reason to amend his opinion of the Inquisitors.

"They weren't apprentices I chose. Palpatine just handed them over one day and said train them. Which was the same as saying manage them... That was more or less how it went with everything Palpatine built. At some point, he just tossed it my way and told me to take care of it."

[ihateflying]

Well, if it was helping Anakin stay grounded....

Yeah, they were developing a... problem? He didn't want to look at it, and he didn't.

"The good news in that is that as long as Palpatine is only concerned with personal power, rather than any ability to follow through, the level of ... competence is lower than it might otherwise be."

He wasn't entirely surprised. Very long range plans, yes, the man had had. Likely still had. But the details of following through with the necessary level of detail on a grand scale? Apparently not.

"Why did I need to know he was who would be angry?"

[darkforcerising]

"Vader is easily misdirected, I think I can safely say I can help you handle that."

Did they have a problem or were they finding something that helped them cope?

"Palpatine is not easily thrown off. His abilities are terrifying. He will try to find out why his Inquisitor disappeared."

[ihateflying]

It was certainly something that helped Obi-Wan cope. It was also something he was starting to do not just because it made him feel less bad in crisis but because it felt good even outside it.

That was a potential problem.

Probably.

He would have thought if he let himself.

He tightened his grip on Anakin's fingers, gently. "I think you're going to have to regularly remind me to care." It wasn't some kind of ... arrogance, not from him. He was aware that Palpatine was terrifying and to be respectful of that. He just was so thoroughly disgusted by him that he had a hard time being cautious enough.