And yet, he is not the only one thinking it; for all his dedication to the ideals of the Jedi, Obi-Wan can be ruthless and practical when the need calls, capable of drawing back and performing the cold calculus of loss and gain, of life and death and everything in between, and what it comes down to is the fact that there are billions of sentients, and trillions of other life-forms, of Coruscant, and while some could be evacuated, if the contents of the probe escaped, most would be trapped here, to be consumed and transformed, and that, he could not abide.

He doesn't glance at Anakin, only because he doesn't need to.

"I'm afraid that that would have been by far the wiser course of action," he admits.