Anakin's gaze snaps away from the rock wall and down to Obi-Wan's face, searching, hoping he didn't mean what Anakin just heard.
It has him taking a step back, shaking his head. "No, Obi-Wan...I wouldn't-...that's crazy. You've got to be wro-..."
But isn't that what he said to Ahsoka about Palpatine?
And then the word family sinks in. Padme he thinks, he knows about Padme! Something like a boulder made of ice settles in Anakin's stomach. Padme. He'd do anything for her. Which Palpatine certainly could have guessed at. Could have used against him. He still can't imagine exactly what must have happened for Anakin to do something like this but he can imagine that, yes, he might have done it. For her.
He closes his right hand into a tight fist, "what happened to Padme, Obi-Wan?"
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It has him taking a step back, shaking his head. "No, Obi-Wan...I wouldn't-...that's crazy. You've got to be wro-..."
But isn't that what he said to Ahsoka about Palpatine?
And then the word family sinks in. Padme he thinks, he knows about Padme! Something like a boulder made of ice settles in Anakin's stomach. Padme. He'd do anything for her. Which Palpatine certainly could have guessed at. Could have used against him. He still can't imagine exactly what must have happened for Anakin to do something like this but he can imagine that, yes, he might have done it. For her.
He closes his right hand into a tight fist, "what happened to Padme, Obi-Wan?"