Ani was silent as he deconstructed what Obi-Wan said and compared it against what he knew and accepted for inconsistencies that needed to be discarded in both his ideas and Obi-Wan’s. There was something inherently wrong, in his estimation, regarding the part about ‘I’ll try’, but he couldn’t put his finger on what – it just felt unfair, and therefore wrong. But he already knew Obi-Wan didn’t accept his feelings as any kind of evidence in an argument, so he let that thought go.
He focused instead on the question at the end. In this personal experience won out given its more imposing weight.
“No,” he said at last, his expression had turned doubtful. “I don’t. Mistakes are unforgivable. That’s where I am at right now, isn’t it? If I fail at this, it’s over and you won’t teach me anymore. So, mistakes are unforgivable. It doesn’t matter if I start out thinking I’ll succeed, it only matters that I do. And… the Code is a set of literal rules we must follow, always.” At least part of it, Ani knew that much. He’d never been introduced to this ‘mindset’ approach to the Code; but given how a Jedi could be expelled for not following the Code to the letter, he remained unconvinced this was an appropriate interpretation for someone trying to take Jedi training seriously.