"The side-effect of being a Master," he tries to placate. But then Anakin asks a very important question: What was he going to do? He needed to get back to Tatooine and Not Watching Luke. But he couldn't very well tell Anakin that, since he pretty much lied and told Anakin the kids were dead.

"I don't know. Leaving on the same day one arrives on an Imperial controlled planet is not always a prudent course of action. I will eventually have to return to my exile, if only to keep people safe. No one can know that I'm still alive."