#i think we all know who death is

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WIP Wednesday - Dalliances with Death

This came out of a suggestion from @palfriendpatine66 and it's going to be very weird and I am very excited. Anyway, here you go...

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The first time Death meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is only three years old.

The poor boy’s parents have already been taken.

His father deserved it, Death thinks. A man who drank himself into a shivering stooper every night, instead of returning home to his wife and starving son. An accident was maybe even too good for him. Too fast.

That was a year ago.

His mother went this morning. The victim of a system that does not care about her or the blue-eyed boy she leaves behind.

A boy who stands before Death now, brave and beautiful.

“I’m Obi-Wan,” his voice is squeaky but strong and self-assured as he looks directly at his doom, no fear in those shining crystal eyes, “who are you?”

“I’m Death.”

A small hand extends, and Death takes it in his own.

It’s so tiny.

It’s so soft.

“It’s nice to meet you, Death.”

By some miracle, the boy will survive until morning. He will be found just in time to save his life.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a very lucky boy.

“It’s nice to meet you, too.”