The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
- Qui-Gon Jinn.
"Being a Jedi is tough, there is no denying it. You must protect civilians, shield the galaxy from evil, stretch out your consciousness beyond humanly imaginable, and, last but not...
Zara was fuming. The Council was irritating her. She now understood how Qui-Gon felt, most of the time.
"Those stinky old gas bags!" she said loudly, entering the library. The librarian shushed her.
Obi-Wan, who was sitting in one of the armchairs of the library, sighed as he turned away from his book and looked up at her. Anakin was beside him, trying not to fall asleep on his book about the different types of currencies in the galaxy.
"What did they do this time?" the Jedi Master asked, tired of her antiques.
Anakin brightly shut his book when he noticed her presence. Talking to Zara certainly was more fun than reading up on the different kinds of money.
"I found this lying, cheating, slimy thief in Jedi archives and I brought him over to the council, who decided to let him go with a warning, under the stupid premise that he didn't take anything! Isn't it worrisome that he got inside in the first place!?" she said.
The librarian shushed her again with a nasty glare.
Obi-Wan sighed.
"If he didn't take anything, there was nothing to convict him," Obi-Wan said.
"What about breaking and entering!?" Zara snapped.
"She's right, that is a crime, on Coruscant at least," Anakin said, turning to his master smugly. "You made me read up on the different crimes in the galaxy last week."
Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't use your knowledge to get your way, that's simply-"
He was interrupted Zara's hologram projector beeping. She pulled it out of her pocket.
The torso and face of a light skinned Twi'lek appeared. He had a few, nasty-looking scars on his face.
"Lamar, I have eyes on this thief of yours," he said.
Obi-Wan frowned.
"Thanks Zen. Where is he?"
" 'round the Jedi Temple. Just below the balcony on the north side. I had to hack into the Senate's cameras to find him. That's gonna cost you extra."
"We agreed on 500 for the whole package. No more, no less," Zara said.
Zen rolled his eyes.
"Fine. I'll be expecting my money no later than tomorrow morning." The hologram disappeared.
Zara grinned.
"This time I'm gonna hand him over to the local police," she said, "the Council definitely can't bail him out there!"
"Zara, you wasted 500 credits just so you could catch this unimportant scoundrel?" Obi-Wan asked disbelievingly.
"I'd do it!" Anakin said unhelpfully. Obi-Wan eyed him disapprovingly.
"It's all worth it! That little kriffing piece of-" she pronounced a very ugly word from the Pyrro dialect "-insulted me multiple times!" she argued, crossing her arms.
"Really?" Obi-Wan said, crossing his arms, tired of her antiques.
"Really! He called me a [censored]! I'm not kidding!"
Anakin gasped in shock.
She walked out of the library and towards the balcony Zen told her about, followed by Obi-Wan and Anakin. It was close by.
She looked over the edge and observed the speeders below. Anakin copied her.
They looked at the drop-off that led to the middle of the city. It was at least 200 thousand feet.
"You can't be serious," Obi-Wan said.
"Oh, but I am," she said. "There he is," she added.
"That guy in the red speeder?" Anakin asked.
"No, in the blue one. I just need to wait a few more seconds..."
Just then, they heard footsteps approaching. It was Master Windu.
"Zara, I intercepted your holo-call. You are not going on a crazy rampage against this man!" he said.
"He broke into the Temple and insulted me! I have every right to try and take him down!" Zara disagreed.
"The council has made its decision, Zara!" Windu argued.
She looked over the edge subtly.
"Yes, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it!" Zara grinned. "See you later!"
She jumped off the side of the balcony, ready to grab onto the speeder below.
"Zara, no!!" Windu shouted, grabbing onto the railing and looking over.
He gritted his teeth. "I hate it when she does that! I can't wait for her to become a Master, I'm tired of being responsible for her stupidities."
He waved at Obi-Wan before running off to find a speeder to catch her.
Obi-wan looked down at Anakin.
"Please don't become like her," he said, "she's a terrible role model."
"But she's so cool!" Anakin argued, "She just jumped off a 200 thousand foot drop!"
"Please. I really can't deal with two of you."
"Alright Master,," Anakin smiled, crossing his fingers behind his back.
"Alright. It's time for your Meditation class," Obi-Wan said.
Anakin sighed. "Ughhhh." He trudged off begrudgingly.
Obi-wan looked down at the view below the balcony Zara had jumped off from.
"I have a bad feeling about this," he sighed, a smile making its way onto his face.
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