[He had wanted to sit this whole thing through in silence. Not out, perhaps, but Anakin is in a poor mood for socializing as if that's a shock. Between the revelation that all is really not as it seems, having to sit through an explanation of CERES' particular brand of punishment, and watching a man older than him (who calls him grandfather) die, he has mixed feelings on being here in the first place.
Stewing in his own guilt had seemed the more comfortable option. But he'd promised Vietnam he'd do something about this (however much more helpless it seems after the fact), and the consideration that he not show up at all felt even worse.
He's been watching and scanning the room for some time now, gathering information as it comes, initiating conversation as little as he's able when he has nothing valuable to add, but Solo's explanation piques his curiosity. And despite every internal insistence that he doesn't want the answer...]
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as if that's a shock. Between the revelation that all is really not as it seems, having to sit through an explanation of CERES' particular brand of punishment, and watching a man older than him (who calls him grandfather) die, he has mixed feelings on being here in the first place.Stewing in his own guilt had seemed the more comfortable option. But he'd promised Vietnam he'd do something about this (however much more helpless it seems after the fact), and the consideration that he not show up at all felt even worse.
He's been watching and scanning the room for some time now, gathering information as it comes, initiating conversation as little as he's able when he has nothing valuable to add, but Solo's explanation piques his curiosity. And despite every internal insistence that he doesn't want the answer...]
How do you know that?