As good as it was to hear her feelings for him had not changed, it was still not a response to his assertion. If she was choosing to not enter into a relationship with him, she was saying their feelings didn’t matter as much as her reasons for not being with him.
Padmé’s sudden indecisiveness shocked Anakin. He was used to her being quite forceful in her decisions. They’d spent their time in Naboo in Varykino because she had decided it so against his vocalized judgment, she’d made the decision to go to Tatooine with him independent of his concerns for her safety, they’d ended up on Geonosis because she’d decided for him where he ought to be. This was the woman who bristled and fought against Chancellor Palpatine when the man made the choice for her she would return to Naboo while the Jedi investigated her assassination attempts. Even the plan to use her as bait to draw out the assassin that first night Anakin and Obi-Wan had been assigned to protect her had been her plan.
And most importantly the decision to not give into their feelings, made back on Naboo, had been hers, along with when her feelings were open for discussion again on Geonosis.
When he heard Padmé ask him what to do Anakin was stumped.
He looked at her, “But you’ve already decided, haven’t you?” This was her way of ending things… whatever they were between them, wasn’t it?
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Padmé’s sudden indecisiveness shocked Anakin. He was used to her being quite forceful in her decisions. They’d spent their time in Naboo in Varykino because she had decided it so against his vocalized judgment, she’d made the decision to go to Tatooine with him independent of his concerns for her safety, they’d ended up on Geonosis because she’d decided for him where he ought to be. This was the woman who bristled and fought against Chancellor Palpatine when the man made the choice for her she would return to Naboo while the Jedi investigated her assassination attempts. Even the plan to use her as bait to draw out the assassin that first night Anakin and Obi-Wan had been assigned to protect her had been her plan.
And most importantly the decision to not give into their feelings, made back on Naboo, had been hers, along with when her feelings were open for discussion again on Geonosis.
When he heard Padmé ask him what to do Anakin was stumped.
He looked at her, “But you’ve already decided, haven’t you?” This was her way of ending things… whatever they were between them, wasn’t it?