"I can handle struggle," Klaus assures him, nodding a bit as he looks at Obi-Wan with big, wet eyes. Obi-Wan is exactly the kind of teacher Klaus knows, because Obi-Wan will be patient and kind with him. He'll be the exact opposite of his father, who never understood Klaus. He never wanted to understand Klaus, had no interest in who he was as a person, and just wanted to mold him into an obedient little soldier.

Obi-Wan knows him better than anyone else ever had. He won't be unkind to Klaus, and most importantly, he'll never give up on him. He'll never see Klaus as a lost cause. That alone gives Klaus the confidence to try.

Klaus doesn't know how this will go, if he'll be able to get the hang of it or if it'll just be torture, but he has hope. That's what Obi-Wan can give him, on top of everything else. His eyes fill with tears and he leans forward to wrap his arms around Obi-Wan's neck, holding onto him tightly as he all but collapses into Obi-Wan's lap.

"Thank you," he breathes out, turning his head to bury his face in the curve of Obi-Wan's neck. "I'll do my best. I promise."