Obi-Wan offers a tiny smile. "Well, when you put it that way. Hopefully we won't have to grease the wheels a bit." And by grease the wheels he means Jedi trickery. "Then again, we could end up with a comm center crew that's immune."

And then Anakin's starting his play-acting and Obi-Wan shifts gears. "It may be nothing to you," he replies. "But I worry. You know she begged me not to go on this mission. The least I could do is reassure her I'm fine."