Well, there was this one mission that turned things around. Though it wasn’t without some strife beforehand. Qui-Gon had been offered a seat on the council, but naturally he couldn’t accept and have a Padawan at the same time.

[Obi-Wan sighed softly as he remembered the time. It had been a rather tumultuous point in his life.]

He didn’t tell me. At least not at first. I felt something was amiss and suspected he wanted to drop me as his apprentice. We had just had a rough mission before that. I knew I wasn’t meeting his expectations, and I admit it hurt. Even more so when I learned he was keeping things from me.

However, during our time on Pijal, we were confronted with an enemy that had lightsaber resistant armor. Qui-Gon and I were pursued and surrounded. I fell into a pit at one point and it took all of my Jedi training not to give into fear. It was at that point I felt a deep connection to the Force. Suddenly I saw everything with more clarity, and was able to finally connect with Qui-Gon. Together we managed to defeat our opponent and escape. That was the turning point in our relationship as master and apprentice.