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[ooc: continuing from this thread]

Anakin frowns and crouches down by the device, running the fingertips of his recently re-attached prosthetic over it (he didn't bother putting the glove back on).

"I didn't mean actual cracking, Obi-Wan. But...the construction is strange. A lightsaber's overkill but some kind of blowtorch might work."

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"Huh?" Anakin glances up at Obi-Wan, parsing the words he'd only half-listened to. "Oh. I've almost got it, just a second."

Though just a second can quickly turn into wait, when did an hour go by?

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Obi-Wan waits, sipping his tea, and grins for a moment when Anakin comes back to himself.

"Hungry yet?" he asks.

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He's about to say no and then his stomach answers for him. Shaking his head slightly, Anakin puts the driver away and focuses on Obi-Wan.

"...okay. I guess I'm hungry. What did you bring?"

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"Special from Dex's," Obi-Wan replies, holding out a stay-hot take-out container.

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That has him perking up as he reaches out to take the container though after he accepts it he can't help but look at Obi-Wan a little suspiciously.

"How special? Is this some experiment of his?"

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"I've been assured that you will enjoy it."

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"I guess that's assurance enough...are you having some?"

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"Anakin, I've been sitting here for an hour. I've already eaten." He nods at the empty stack of containers waiting to be recycled.

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"....what?"

Kriff. He hadn't actually noticed.

"Thanks for waiting?"

Now if Obi-Wan had only ever been able to get him to stay in one spot for this long back when he was still small and adorable.

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"I tried getting your attention several times," Obi-Wan says.

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Digging into the meal, he shrugs slightly, "I was on a roll."

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"I noticed." He gives Anakin a wry grin. "Have you learned anything?"

/makes shit up/

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"Well, it's not a bomb?"

He works a bit on his meal before elaborating. "I mean...it could've been, right? Something designed not to be opened until it opens itself. Explosively. But I think it's some kind of disabled reconnaissance probe."

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"'Not a bomb' is a good start," Obi-Wan says. He passes a drink over to Anakin as well.

"Any clues as to who made it?"

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"Like you said, it seems to be pretty old. It could've been drifting for a while..."

Anakin gratefully takes the drink and has a few swallows before continuing, "no markings on the exterior I can find, probably for the same reason you couldn't cut it open. Also if it is some kind of recon probe, whoever was using it probably didn't want to show off their identity to the world. The inside, though," he points at that little panel he'd finally managed to wedge open before remembering Obi-Wan was there. "Should be interesting."

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"Oh, well done Anakin," Obi-Wan says. "Do you mind if I have a look while you finish up?"

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If there's a sudden echo in the Force like Anakin's mentally preening himself well...Obi-Wan shouldn't have praised him. Obivously.

"Suit yourself."

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Obviously. And yet, he cares deeply for Anakin, and is, in fact, proud of him, of his skills and talents, even if it is... unbecoming to express as much. He shakes the thought away, and slides down into the bay, carefully approaching the probe.

"Thank you, I will," he says.

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"So polite," Anakin teases while he finishes his meal. "Just don't break anything while you're down there."

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"I will do my best, but I make no promises," Obi-Wan replies. "And Anakin, you know it hurts nothing to be polite."

...that his habit of minding his manners has irritated no few foes over the years doesn't hurt either, mind.

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"So you keep telling me."

It's not that Anakin's manners are terrible, it's just that he sees fewer situations where particular attention to them is warranted.

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"One of these days, one of the things I 'keep telling' you will stick."

Obi-Wan crouches beside the open panel, and peers in, careful not to actually touch anything. The light angled on the opening reveals neatly pinned wires, in an oddly silvery colour that well-matched the rest of the interior that he could see, and behind the wires... He frowns. Another shell?

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"Oh, the important stuff has," he responds cheerfully before finishing his drink.

Which is just in time for him to catch Obi-Wan's frown. "What is it?"

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"It looks like there's another shell inside, under the wiring," Obi-Wan explains. "Different material; it's hard to make out, though."

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"Huh." Anakin grabs a light and hops back down into the bay so they can hopefully get a better look. "Must be why Artoo couldn't get a good scan."