Early the next morning, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padmé waited for Queen Nalanda near her starship. Ric Olié was already inside prepping the ship, she was due soon. Qui-Gon watched Anakin and Padmé talking. She had let him hold her lightsaber and he was asking all sorts of questions about its construction. Seeing this reinforced Qui-Gon’s beliefs even further, but when he related this to Obi-Wan he met with blatant rejection. “It’s not disrespect, Master,” his Padawan said in a rather loud voice, “it’s the truth! Surely you are too close to the boy to view this objectively.” “Yes?”