Dream a little dream...

[hidden_jedi]

Kale couldn't sleep. He hadn't been able to sleep since he had been knocked out of that stupor in the ruins of the Temple. He didn't really tell Tobias that. He would go to bed with Tobias and wait until the older man fell asleep before creeping out of the bed and prowling around the house. He couldn't leave the house because of Nihlius out there somewhere. Tobias would freak if he did, having turned mother hen on him.

Usually he went to the workshop to fiddle around with the droid. Or stare at the parts. Generally he tried to stay awake, because the few times he had drifted off he dreamed of Tobias and Nhilius (from Tobias' memories of him) and other uncomfortable things.

He didn't want to talk to Tobias about it, he didn't want him to worry. So, he just prowled wishing that Trever was back so he could talk to him about it. Or anyone, but Tobias. As much as he cared about Tobias he really was a mother hen sometimes.

In an utterly bizzare moment of thought, he wondered if he should go and try to talk to Revan. Unfortunately that seemed like the best idea he could come up with.

Damn.

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[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

Tobias can't help it, that's just the way he is; it's why he makes such a good Jedi Master and such a... something lover. Revan could have told Kale that.

Revan is, at the moment, at home, working on the finishing touches of a present for the holidays. He's got his comlink with him, so if Kale cares to borrow Tobias's, he's easily reachable.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale's learning that all by himself. He does borrow Tobias' comlink, going to the workshop to use it and then stares at it for a few minutes before gathering up the courage to actually use it. It also takes him a minute to figure out what to say exactly. He decides to start with "Hello."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

Revan taps open his side of the link, and there's the sound of a fusion cutter shutting off before he says anything. "Toby's frequency, but this sounds like Kale," he announces. "I must say I am surprised, considering the content of our last confrontation." The Cs click sharply off of his tongue. "So this must be a dire emergency. What do you need?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

He sighs, "I don't know if it's a dire emergency, but I can't talk to Tobias about it. He'd panic. Trever and Axis wouldn't know what to do about it anyway, even if they were here."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

"I think you underestimate my Papa. Mm, but I am guessing this is something to speak about in person?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"Papa doesn't know about the Force. And probably." He scrubs his hair and gives a yawn.

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

Revan doesn't comment on the first part, instead leaning back in his chair. "You are not coming here. And I am not going over there," he says with intentional force. "We will meet in the Nexus, in the AVF. Somewhere public."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale finds this arrangement perfectly agreeable as he has no desire to go to Revan's and knows that if Revan showed up there Tobias would find out, which he didn't want at all.

"Fine. That works perfectly for me. What about the Mall?"

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

Revan was just thinking of how to absolve himself for not throttling Kale, actually; he doesn't really care if Tobias finds out or not.

"The Mall is suitable. Meet you there."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Throttling is bad. Naughty Revan. Though he may want to kill Kale when he hears what he has to say.

Kale finds himself some coffee and a place to wait at the mall food court, figuring it was as good a place as any to meet up. Revan should be able to find him easily enough by red hair or gaping wound in the Force, so he sits and dozes on and off, starting awake when ever he starts to really fall asleep.

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

A blonde man, who barely looks 20, accompanies Revan into the mall a ways before he waves him off and grabs some coffee himself.

Kale isn't difficult to find, no. He sit down across from Kale during one of those dozing periods. "You look like you need sleep more than you need to speak to me."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"Can't sleep," Kale murmurs, shaking his head. He takes a sip of coffee and tries to look more alert. He pauses for a moment trying to organize how to say what he wants to say. Sleep deprived brains don't work so well. He decides to try for a peace offering, before getting into the nasty business. "Thanks for coming. I know we haven't gotten along much, but Tobias trusts you and despite the trouble Trever and I have caused, you've still helped."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

"He was a friend. Verda an, vode an; even if he does not consider himself as such any more. I would do the same for Malak if he had earned mercy from me," Revan replies. "I help you for Tobias and Tobias only." Even if my master would see me kill you, he doesn't say. He rests one forearm on the table, tapping out a rhythm with his fingers idly. "But you did not ask me to come here simply to thank me."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

There's a head shake. "No." He looks Revan in the eyes as he says the next part. "I'm having dream and memories of when Tobias learned how to sense the echo of the Force. And him fighting Nihlius."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

"You are certain the latter are not visions? I am certain he is planning to fight Nihilus." He leans back with a contemplative rumble. "There is nothing I can do to remove the memories."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"I'm not connected to the Force, how can I have visions?" he asks, managing to keep the bitterness out of his voice. He doesn't want this to turn into an arguement. "Why can't you? Trever said that's what you were originally planning to do."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

"Not all clairvoyance around here connects to the Force, you know," he replies. "And I would, if I was not concerned about that wound in you killing me."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale doesn't say anything for a long moment, instead he stares in his coffee cup looking at his reflection. He wants to say that this was Revan's fault. But that wouldn't go anywhere good. He needed help.

Finally he pushes his cup away. "I'm sorry, I'm fairly certain Tobias would have come to you when I told him about this. I had hoped to cut him out and avoid worrying him."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

"He would worry anyway. He always does about anyone he is bonded to. You missed out on him during the wars, now that was fun. And you know he would find out eventually."

He nods his chin. "Go tell him. He needs to know what it going on more than I do. He can perhaps fix it with things other than tranquilizers."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"All right," He says reluctantly. He stands up, taking his coffee cup and hesitates for a moment. "Thank you for your time. And..." He cracks a yawn. "And... I'm sorry for the trouble Trever and I caused."

[prodigalsith.livejournal.com]

He snorts. "No more trouble than I caused my Masters and no more trouble than Tobias caused his." He wags one hand in a shooing motion. "Go on, then. Go home, get Tobias to help you out, and get some sleep."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale nods and walks off with a wave, dropping off his coffee cup in a waste bin.

When he gets home, he goes to the bedroom where he expects Tobias to be.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Tobias most certainly is in the bedroom, reading. He must've just woken up.

He raises his eyebrows when Kale walks in. "Hello."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

He curls up on the bed to rest his head on Tobias' shoulder. He's quiet for a moment, just taking in being next to him.

"We've got a problem."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He puts his arm around Kale's shoulders, furrowing his brow in thought and worry.

"What kind of a problem?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

There is a bit of snuggling as he's reluctant to say the next words. "I remember you learning how to hear the echo kind of problem."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

This is a Very Frowny Tobias. "That's not good. At all. We need to get that out."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"I know. But I don't know how to get it out." He snuggles harder, all clingy, before dropping his head into Tobias' lap.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He strokes Kale's hair comfortingly. "I could try to get it out. I'm not as good at it as Revan, but I'm not exactly shabby, either."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

He sighs softly in a happy sort of way. "I trust you."

And he does trust Tobias, even after all the stuff that's happened between the two of them.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He smiles a little, happy to be trusted. "Sit up. I need to be able to put both of my hands on your temples."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Vulcan mind meld!

Kale is in love. It sometimes overrides things like distrust. He sits up, with a smile.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Whee~

Tobias is very glad of this, because distrust can be a Very Bad Thing. He smiles back, putting his hands on Kale's temples. "Close your eyes, and try to stay relaxed."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

He places his hand on Tobias' knee before closing his eyes.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He closes his eyes himself, carefully slipping into Kale's mind to find his own errant memories in there; anything with Kreia, anything with Sion, and especially everything with Nihilus.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

The memories are scattered but not that many, fortunately. But just enough to cause trouble.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He sets about pulling them out, carefully and gently, like taking an aberrant and ugly thread out of a tapestry. He doesn't just want them blocked, he wants them gone.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale wants them gone too. He doesn't want any chance of them coming back. He keeps himself calm at the intrusion.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Tobias takes his time pulling them out, since he doesn't want to inadvertantly harm something else in his memories. Once he's sure he's got every last one of them out, he lets go of him and leans back.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

His head is so scrambled it probably wouldn't make a difference. It's amazing he wakes up knowing who he is every morning.

Kale flops against Tobias when he's done, snuggling.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He'll have to try for the other borrowed memories later, perhaps; just that he'd need help with that. And at the moment he's a bit tired for it.

He puts his arms back around Kale, nuzzling gently. "Better?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Much." He wraps an arm around Tobias' chest, yawning sleepily. "I love you... you know? Not as much as Trever... but still."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He nods. "Mm-hmm. I know. And I love you too." He won't add, 'I'll do whatever I have to to protect you.' "Get some sleep, hm?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

He yawns again and makes an agreeing noise. Kale doesn't think he needs protection. At least, not like that. But the sentiment would be appreciated, if he hadn't fallen asleep.