“That’s the trick, isn’t it? And there’s so many of them and they never seem to stop.” Ya, he understood.

The final piece of the tool clicked into place, and then Anakin started working backwards again. Taking it apart.

“There are two really important skills you need when it comes to emotions - knowing when to act on them and knowing how to sit with them when acting on them is wrong or impossible. Which means you have to know how to identify what you’re feeling... I can see why the Jedi think repression is easier. Doesn’t excuse them, but I get it.”