[ Of course the look is a warning sign. Of course, it is noted and regarded and because Luke is his son, Anakin moves past it without even a thought more. Clearly, his family is a place of weakness. ]
[ It's easier to just let the images wash over him than to try to process them at the same time, but there's a moment where he's both tensing his hand to pull away and tightening his grip to not let go - unable to decide if he wants to stop or not. ]
[ Not that it matters. It's over and done before he can decide and that's probably for the best. The voice isn't his, but the speech pattern - that is. That gait is wrong, the movement wrong, but there's details he does see. His lightsaber hilt in Luke's hand. This other, this stranger who must be the Vader he stumbled on before he stopped reading, with a similar one.]
[ And Luke. Looking so upset that Anakin is almost pained by it. And Anakin breathing way too fast, not that he's yet realized it. ]
I-I. [ Open mouth. Shut mouth. Make a sound that is an attempt at words and is aborted almost as quickly. ] I'm so sorry.
[ What's he sorry for? He's not even sure - being the subject of the topic maybe. ]
no subject
[ It's easier to just let the images wash over him than to try to process them at the same time, but there's a moment where he's both tensing his hand to pull away and tightening his grip to not let go - unable to decide if he wants to stop or not. ]
[ Not that it matters. It's over and done before he can decide and that's probably for the best. The voice isn't his, but the speech pattern - that is. That gait is wrong, the movement wrong, but there's details he does see. His lightsaber hilt in Luke's hand. This other, this stranger who must be the Vader he stumbled on before he stopped reading, with a similar one.]
[ And Luke. Looking so upset that Anakin is almost pained by it. And Anakin breathing way too fast, not that he's yet realized it. ]
I-I. [ Open mouth. Shut mouth. Make a sound that is an attempt at words and is aborted almost as quickly. ] I'm so sorry.
[ What's he sorry for? He's not even sure - being the subject of the topic maybe. ]