"That'll be weird," Ezra muses, a hint of a smile revived by the warmth he can feel from Master Kenobi. It's good to see that the fondness Ahsoka always showed when she spoke of her master's master was reciprocated.

"I recognized you because Kanan had a recording of you on a holcoron. And-" He sorts through how to tell this story, but it feels strangely important to get across. "I was an orphan on Lothal. Kanan and the rest of the team he was working with, I thought they were just smugglers and I tried to steal a box of the shipment, thinking it was something valuable. Got caught up in their mission and they brought me aboard their ship. I felt the holcron, went looking for it, and took it. The mission went even more sideways from there-"

He closes his eyes and breathes out. "I was alone in a cell, thinking there was no way these people I'd just met would come back for me. The troopers hadn't searched me well enough to find the holocron. But I closed my eyes and focused on daisies in bloom, trying to stay calm. And then suddenly there was a voice-"

He could recite the entire message from memory, but keeps choosing to be selective. "Trust in the Force. Avoid detection. Be secret, but be strong. We will each be challenged: our trust, our faith, our friendships."

He opens his eyes to meet Master Kenobi's gaze. "It's the first time I'd ever heard anyone talking about the Force."