INT. DANIA VII - BUNKER 13/ZULL'S QUARTERS/BEDROOM - DAY
Zull lies asleep upon her small bed within her small, spartan quarters, her face peaceful in sleep. Though her long hair has been shorn down to a unisexual bob -- and her body lies adorned in plain, unflattering undergarments -- she remains preternaturally beautiful.
The room's lights suddenly flare to life, casting bright illumination down on her face. Her peaceful expression disappearing beneath a frown of interrupted sleep, Zull opens her eyes. Silhouetted against the open door of the bedroom is a Mandalorian warrior.
MANDALORIAN #8: It's time to report for training. Wake up and get yourself ready.
ZULL: (in heavily accented, broken Basic) I hear. You go.
Obeying, the Mandalorian leaves the doorframe. Zull, groaning with weariness, pushes herself up into a sitting position on her bed.
INT. BUNKER 13/ZULL'S QUARTERS/REFRESHER - DAY
Opening the door to her quarters' small refresher, Zull steps inside and walks up to the sink. As she turns the faucet on, she looks into the mirror before her. Looking into the reflection she becomes like a statue, entranced by her own mirrored image.
FLASH TO
An image of a human embryo floating within its mother's womb.
FLASH TO
Zull as she recoils from the mirror, unconsciously cracking it with the Force as she does so, her eyes stretched open wide.
Horrified, the disgraced Meketrex high priestess looks down at her womb, her hands beginning to tremble as an unwelcome truth reveals itself to her.
INT. NYAX/OBI-WAN, ANAKIN, & SIRI'S CELL
Sitting within their collective cell, Anakin looks upon the two Jedi, both in meditative trances. Bored out of his mind, he picks up a small pebble and flicks it at Ben, hitting him in the forehead and rousing him from his meditation.
OBI-WAN: Ow! (beat) Anakin, I was meditating!
Feeling her peer's pain through the Force, Siri's meditation is broken and she, too, comes up from her trance.
ANAKIN: (sighs) That's all fine and dandy like Mos Espan candy for you -- you get to meditate yourself out of this boring reality we're stuck in. Meanwhile, I'm stuck having to face it hour after torturously boring hour.
OBI-WAN: (sarcastic) It's not my fault the Mandalorians didn't provide us with some holodramas to watch.
SIRI: (sighs) Just teach him some meditation techniques, Kenobi.
OBI-WAN: (turns to Siri) I already told you I am not his teacher.
SIRI: (annoyed) So what? If you can't so much as teach a kid how to meditate, then you shouldn't even be a knight.
OBI-WAN: What do you care? You don't believe in teaching apprentices who are "too old", anyway.
SIRI: I care because I'm sick of listening to his complaining day in and day out! Maybe if you taught him how to meditate, I could get some of my own done!
OBI-WAN: Then you teach him!
SIRI: (smirks) He's too old, remember?
OBI-WAN: (fumes) You aggravating --
The Jedi knight cuts himself off before he can complete the curse and turns his back to Siri, deciding to ignore her.
ANAKIN: (angry) What's your problem, anyway?
OBI-WAN: My problem?
ANAKIN: Yeah, your problem. First you tell me to forget about the Force, and now you won't even show me how to do something as small as voyaging to Cloud #9. I'm getting fed up with it, Ben, and I want to know what the hell your deal is!
OBI-WAN: I don't want to talk about it.
ANAKIN: I frankly don't give a damn if you do or don't! I deserve a goddamn answer!
A moment of silence passes between them.
OBI-WAN: (sighs) You're right, Anakin, you're right. (beat) It's hard for me, though. It's still so fresh in my mind.
ANAKIN: (his expression softening) What is it?
OBI-WAN: Before I was knighted, I met and befriended a Jedi master named Jard Doku.
SIRI: (scoffs) Jard Doku? You're friends Master Jard Doku?! (laughs scornfully)
OBI-WAN: (ignores Siri) He had an apprentice named Qui-Gon Jinn, who was only a few years younger than I was. (beat) We became very close friends, he and I -- almost brothers. (beat) While on a mission to break up a Black Sun spice operation on Orbos IX, Doku was badly injured, leaving him unable to continue with Qui-Gon's training. As I had been knighted by this time and was no longer with Master Yoda, it was decided that Qui-Gon would be placed under my care until Master Doku fully recuperated. It wasn't a master-apprentice arrangement, per se -- more like a relationship between a counselor and a student.
ANAKIN: Something happened to him while he was with you.
OBI-WAN: A few months ago, the Federation Neimoidia invaded the world of Nabu and began killing off the planet's ruling family. As I was assigned to the team sent in to rescue the heirs apparent, Qui-Gon came along with me. (beat) While on Nabu, he and I encountered a dark warrior who engaged us in a lightsaber duel.
SIRI: This dark warrior ...?
OBI-WAN: We never uncovered his identity. He could have been an underling of the Neimoidians, perhaps even their employer -- it doesn't really matter. (beat) During the fight, we got separated, leaving Qui-Gon to face the darksider alone. (beat) In the end, Qui-Gon couldn't stand up to him and he died. (beat) Now you know why I haven't been eagre to share my knowledge of the Force with you, Anakin.
ANAKIN: You're afraid what happened to Qui-Gon could happen to me.
OBI-WAN: (crying) I played at being teacher once and failed. I won't do it again -- never again.