"At that point? He said 'yes, Master Kenobi'. That's mostly what he says now." He frowned. "Earlier in the conversation, I told him that whatever he chose, it wouldn't change my affection for him. His reply to that was 'what affection?'. It sort of went downhill from there."
He leaned his head back against the wall behind him.
"I've tried reaching out to him since, but he's only responded with achingly forced formality. Like he thinks I'm trying to trick him and nothing I say can convince him otherwise. Like the more I try to convince him it's not a trick, the more he thinks it is."