"It was a necessary lie." She squeezes him one more time and then lets go, rocking back on her heels to look at him, her expression showing just how conflicted she is. Someone who didn't know her might dumb it down to just being concerned, but Anakin knows her, probably as best as anyone can, and he'll be able to sense her joy at seeing him and her worry for what sort of danger he might be in to be in a place like this and her confusion at him not being nearly as dead as she thought he was, when she last said goodbye to him.

"I couldn't let my men get in trouble for something out of their control," she adds softly.