"So, small favors."

"One way to think of it, I suppose."

"Attitude matters. I prefer the view that enables action."

Smile.

"Trust me, I'm not one to wallow when I'm unhappy."

"I had imagined not, somehow."

Heh.

" - It's... Odd, how much you're like my Elesse - and not like her at all in other ways."

"Base personality versus accumulated life experience, if I had to guess."

"Probably fairly similar up until I met her."

"That would have been what, eleven? Twelve?"

She laughs. "Twelve. Though she was thirteen before what I'd guess was the biggest divergence." Fond - if somewhat awkward and wry - smile over at her Elesse.

"Life at the Temple was getting boring anyway."

"You agree I did you nothing but favors, then?"

"I wouldn't go that far. For one thing, your price was pretty clearly stated up front."

"You didn't exactly argue with my terms."

"And what were those?"

...That is a very awkward thing to be just... Asked. 

And not something they've really - discussed, since. 

"She... sort of kidnapped me. Faked my death."

"Only sort of?"

"Well... Anakin needed someone to protect her."

"Ah." Elesse nods in understanding.

" - This was right after she found out I was a Sith. I couldn't risk her revealing me to the Order." Why does she feel uncomfortable and defensive, even distantly. 

"My terms were - effectively that she protect Anakin first, and avoid betraying me second, and that I'd give her more freedom as she proved herself trustworthy."

"And I suppose that over time, you both simply got used to the arrangement?"

...Awkward shrug.

She definitely feels defensive. Unfortunately the Jedi Order don't tend to think 'but I like her and want her to stay' is a legitimate reason for imprisonment.

"The - external factors were obviated five years ago. There's been plenty of opportunity to renegotiate."

"Opportunity, but not necessarily action." Hum. "Food for thought."