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He may be Vader someday later, but now he's (justasmallfry) wrote in makebelievelog,

While the man’s accent was strong it didn’t throw Anakin off for more than a second. He was used to myriad different accents by now, the Temple having so many Jedi from all corners of the galaxy. Because it was simply expected of him he had learned quickly to tune his ear well.

What did make the wrinkles on his forehead appear and his brow darken was the use of the label ‘toy’ for R2-D2.

“He’s not a toy,” he said boldly, less afraid of this imposing man than perhaps he should be.

R2-D2 echoed and magnified that indignation by hooting and rocking on his wheels. But Anakin put a hand on the droid’s dome to stead him. Anakin knew he shouldn’t be rude, even if his first response was to be so. He’d run into this sentiment before, not everyone viewed mechanics the same way he did, though it was hard for him to grasp why. He knew he had a special Force-given knack for mechanics, but he still thought most people at least viewed them as valuable as he did.

After a few more twoodles that Anakin knew meant the droid was hardly over the insult (accidental though it may have been on the man’s part), R2-D2 stopped moving and remained silent. Anakin eyed the way the light reflected off the R2’s primary photoreceptor, he would almost say it seemed as if the droid was ‘narrowing his eyes’ at the man. If a droid could even do such a thing.

“He’s an astromech droid,” Anakin explained. “He’s as much of a toy as you or I are.”