So I found this little nugget of gold online. Can we see obiwan start shedding her snake skin getting her adult scales? With quigon comforting her? Snakes shed their skin quite often. The average snake will shed its skin two to four times per year. This average varies with age and species, however. Young snakes that are actively growing may shed their skin every two weeks. Older snakes might only shed their skin twice each year.
More gorgon au with obiwan and quigon often reverting to snake speak like parsel tongue when they’re in their quarters. While tahl finds it sweet her lover’s adopted daughter is so fluent in such a difficult language. - anonymous
(I did not add Tahl, because I did not think she would fit just yet… Also, if I remember it correctly then I mentioned that Qui-Gon had not even revealed his secret to his friends…)
“This is not fair,” hissed the small female. To any other Jedi, her whining would have been unacceptable, but Qui-Gon tolerated it. Even though it was only because he knew, how irritating shedding your scales was, especially when it was your first time.
“I know, little viper,” in the privacy of their own chambers, they could and would use their native language. It was too dangerous to use it in public, there was always a risk that their true nature was discovered and Qui-Gon Jinn had sworn to protect his little snake with everything that he got.
Unbidden memories from one of their latest mission came to his mind. It would undoubtedly haunt him till the day he died. He engulfed his little viper in his arms and his his face in her shoulder, pretending to offer comfort, but in truth he hid his grimace. He had killed too many of his own kind and it haunted him. He had chosen between them and Obi-Wan and he had chosen his daughter. Yet he could not help but feel a tiny spark of regret.
“Master?” she asked hesitantly, wondering about his strange behavior.
He hummed, showing that he was listening, while he was pushing the ugly pictures away from his mind. Zeak and his comrades had dared to kidnap his daughter in order to repopulate, but Qui-Gon had been both quicker and much more deadly. He was just grateful that the redhead had been unconscious while he had ripped their bodies apart, it was better that he had not seen.
“I could draw you a bath, if you want,” he mumbled.
“Yes,” thankfully he had both his voice, as well as his facial expression back under control.
Still, he could not help himself but smirk at the sight of the younger gorgon. This time, they had told the Council and the Healers that Obi-Wan had suffered from sunburn, but what would they say the next time? Little snakes shed their scales quite often while growing, Qui-Gon knew, he had gone through this torture. Also, it was a miracle that his Master had not figured out, then again, it had been the time, when he had worn clothes that had concealed even his face. It had been a period of mourning, because an important and well-known Jedi Master had passed into the Force.
“Then yes, please,” without further ado, did Qui-Gon pick his Padawan up. She could walk very much on her own, but she was still small enough to easily carry around, he had to use that time.
“Alright then,” he rumbled in his ‘human voice’, without snake sounds, without hissing.
“If this is over,” Obi-Wan began and she was using THAT tone of voice, “I want to go on a long but nice mission.”
The long haired male hummed. He too could do with a long-term mission that would not cause too much stress and danger. Perhaps overseeing one of the new Agri-Core locations… He would talk to Yoda about it.