I'm not certain how much longer that will remain a possibility.

[A confession he doesn't make lightly: features smoothed by degrees at how grounded he feels in the moment without the necessary weight of pretense. If they are as close as it seems— as he senses— she would understand. Strange, to think a padawan capable of so much when even Luke Skywalker dwelled in his own short-sightedness.] We are of the same brood - I feel his thoughts, just as he knows mine.

Thus far it's taken great effort to obscure the full depth of our connection, and the symbiotic link is unfamiliar to me. [A pause, and then:] In time, I might falter.