“What’s wrong with that? I’ve had an apprentice before-” He started to counter what he was sure to be some mild jibbing on Padmé’s part about the additional responsibilities of his job. But she seemed to have jumped transports to a new idea altogether. He had closed his eyes when he had lain back, but now he opened them, to better grasp what Padmé was getting at.
“Yes, we did discuss that. Anakin Naberrie or Anakin Amidala would have been difficult to conceal, the Council wasn’t that blind,” he said dryly. He continued on, giving the idea only a cursory pause. He didn’t need much time to come to a conclusion. “If you wish me to take your last name, either one, I would do it.” And besides, something that declared they were actually married sounded very appealing to him. That had not been a luxury before.