Anakin dropped back to a crouch to pick up where he’d left off. He was listening, and despite the divided attention he was more likely to catch everything Helena was saying if he could busy his hands with something. He held a part snug to the frame and started attaching it. With his hands occupied it was easier to focus. He was sure Helena understood that.
“My former master would tell me, if I ever confessed such a thing to him, that I’m clearly not meditating enough,” he said with a rueful smile. “For him, sitting and thinking more was always the answer. I don’t think he ever really understood my need to be doing something.”
He wrenched a bolt tighter. The next step would be to move to the other side of the frame, the side more accessible to Helena, and affix the fasteners. He held the wrench out to Helena. “There are four bolts on that side,” he gestured with the wrench to the bolts in question. “Could you?”
After handing off the wrench he sat back and pulled another part over, the piece that would go on next onto the part that was currently being secured. He busied his hands with that. “Do you want to talk about it?”