Obi-Wan nodded slightly, bringing his hands in front of him and folding them gently. He listened to Ferus again, and then studied the two animals around them. "I was never so attuned to it as Qui-Gon, of course," he offered in return. But clearly he did not struggle with it, exactly, either--he could, at least, connect to these animals to an extent. He had, in the past, calmed raging beasts.

Then he added, thinking of her, "Siri always surprised me with her understanding of it, and her capacity for gentleness, especially toward children. She possessed an ability to comfort that was unexpected."

It made a strange amount of sense for Siri to have reflected on Ferus's connection to the living Force, to have seen it when her Padawan had been so adept at everything else.

Obi-Wan had, that morning, looked to his few remaining possessions: one included the warming crystal that Siri had held onto, had used to offer comfort once to a small boy who was afraid and missed his parents. He had checked on it again, as if it might have disappeared.

It was, of course, still there, along with Anakin's saber.