"And I know that you'll have your own pace," Anakin said, still quiet. "But I've been a Jedi a very long time. I can't just ignore what my feelings are telling me. I don't except you to come into this office to wail and cry--" he paused to smile at her, "because I'd be looking for gremlin bites, if so, but when you tell me one thing and my instincts are telling me something else, I tend to go with my instincts. Can you understand why?"