"Yeah, it's hard," Hughes had said, "but at the end of the day it's worth it. And at the end of the day I've got my wife and my kid to come to, and all that other stuff..."
Obi-Wan nodded. "You're fortunate to have that, at least." Jedi were heavily discouraged from forming families, but he knew blood ties were a strong motivating factor for many, if not most, people in the galaxy.
"I know very basic healing techniques and some first aid, but I'm no Healer," Obi-Wan told him. "I've mostly been trained to use the Force in combat situations, so I'm afraid I can't be much help if someone's been seriously injured." He frowned a little. "Even if I was a Healer, I don't think it'd do a lot of good, with diminished abilities and all."
At least the staff here treated wounds the prisoners suffered, though Obi-Wan wasn't sure whether to be relieved or disturbed by that. On one hand, it was nice to know they could get medical attention when they needed it, but it also meant the doctors were probably keeping them alive for their own selfish ends, maybe for some sort of experimentation. The notion almost made him feel like some sort of lab animal, and he didn't like it.
A thought occurred to the Jedi, and he looked to Hughes. "By the way, I couldn't help but notice how many of the prisoners here seem to be lifted from different time periods. Do you have any idea what all that's about?" This facility was Earthian, and Hughes' Earthian country had sciences capable of changing the chemical composition of objects. It was a shot in the dark, but maybe time manipulation wasn't new to him, either.
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Obi-Wan nodded. "You're fortunate to have that, at least." Jedi were heavily discouraged from forming families, but he knew blood ties were a strong motivating factor for many, if not most, people in the galaxy.
"I know very basic healing techniques and some first aid, but I'm no Healer," Obi-Wan told him. "I've mostly been trained to use the Force in combat situations, so I'm afraid I can't be much help if someone's been seriously injured." He frowned a little. "Even if I was a Healer, I don't think it'd do a lot of good, with diminished abilities and all."
At least the staff here treated wounds the prisoners suffered, though Obi-Wan wasn't sure whether to be relieved or disturbed by that. On one hand, it was nice to know they could get medical attention when they needed it, but it also meant the doctors were probably keeping them alive for their own selfish ends, maybe for some sort of experimentation. The notion almost made him feel like some sort of lab animal, and he didn't like it.
A thought occurred to the Jedi, and he looked to Hughes. "By the way, I couldn't help but notice how many of the prisoners here seem to be lifted from different time periods. Do you have any idea what all that's about?" This facility was Earthian, and Hughes' Earthian country had sciences capable of changing the chemical composition of objects. It was a shot in the dark, but maybe time manipulation wasn't new to him, either.