Anakin looked up at the sound of the unfamiliar voice with wide eyes. Without needing to look at that control in his hands he turned off his test robot. He then lowered his hands cautiously to his sides. This was all pure reflex. Someone asking about his robotic creations from out of the blue hadn’t often boded well for him in the past, from Watto’s harsh punishments to the constant disapproval from his Masters.
He blinked a few times without saying anything, but when R2 tweeted a casual greeting to the woman Anakin visibly relaxed.
“A Repulsorlift is anti-gravity technology,” he said at last, after R2’s approval of the woman he saw no reason not to explain. “They are capable of lifting objects from the ground. They work within gravity wells because they need mass to push against. I, uh, I'm trying out a certain kind on my robot.”