Anakin was quiet for a long time. "The closest thing I can think of that I've had to deal with was trying to stop the Peace Brigade from capturing the Academy kids, but even then, even if I had a vision of it that was something I knew how to handle. I'm not sure I have something I can compare to that, to understand it, but then I sort of had stories of you hanging over my head all my life as a reminder."

He was matter-of-fact about it; there wasn't any bitterness there.