[Everything about Qui-Gon tends to be shrouded in layers of riddles and coyly planned mystery. But Ezra’s right: he doesn’t give or do things without meaning. Even something as simple as the river stone that he’d given Obi-Wan for that very important thirteenth birthday turned was a gift full of emotional and practical worth.]

[But Ezra didn’t grow up among the Jedi, and the young Padawan’s training was anything but typical. Qui-Gon can understand the need for explanation.]

It’s an ornament for your Padawan braid. Something to mark how far you’ve come—both in age and wisdom.

[Despite the very real opportunity, Qui-Gon doesn’t lace his words with any hint of a joke.]

I leave it up to you if you wish to wear it or not. I won’t be offended regardless of what you decide.