genesis: chapter 2 — shine

Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

Rating: Teen. Category: Gen.

Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn & Anakin Skywalker.

Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn.

Warnings: Slavery, lack of agency, loss of contact with parent, miscommunication, loneliness, overly long author notes.

Summary: 32 BBY | 968 ARR | first meetings
genesis /ˈʤɛnəsəs/ — n. the origin or mode of formation of something
Skywalker and the Jedi, in the beginning.
2 (shine): after the Council, on the ship to Naboo.

Notes: Pro-Jedi sentiment, Jedi as culture.

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shine /ʃaɪn/ — n. the brightness that results from the reflection of light

You climb above the sky, clear and clean and cold.

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Anakin sat in an empty corridor of the spaceship and watched the blue-white of hyperspace dance behind a wide window. He tapped his fingernails against the walls to a familiar tempo, the clicking pattern of Tatooine’s burrowing insects. He wondered if he would hear them again soon.

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