Anakin shrugged, "If I'd gotten it right the first time, maybe I wouldn't be here now."
He paused for a moment, mulling over a thought. It was one he'd occasionally considered since coming back. And it was something they'd have to address eventually given how it stood between them and their goal of ridding the galaxy of Palpatine.
"And if I'd gotten it right at all, maybe you wouldn't need to be." Which is not hard to say, but only because it's groundwork for what is incredibly hard. "I don't know. I loved Anakin. I clearly love you. I created Vader and Vader is Anakin but it is very difficult for me to... reconcile those things."
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He paused for a moment, mulling over a thought. It was one he'd occasionally considered since coming back. And it was something they'd have to address eventually given how it stood between them and their goal of ridding the galaxy of Palpatine.
"Do you want him back?"
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He sighed, not at Obi-Wan, just about the subject matter.
"But we'll need to decide... if we survive Exegol."
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And rather than let it seem he would continue to avoid it (he'd like to). "I will give it more thought, as we prepare to go and after we've survived."
No one is dying. He says so.