"It's okay to say things that sound awful," she said. "Especially when you don't mean them that way." He was just working out his thoughts. She could hardly blame him. In her mild rage after Anakin killed Dean, she'd said some pretty awful things about him and Obi-Wan and all the rest of them.

None of which she really meant.

She pulled her heels beneath her, wrapping her hands around her mug. "And...it makes sense," she added. "He doesn't seem like a very happy person."

A small, huffy part of her decided that was due to the 'no-attachments' rule, but she didn't want to go down that argument again.