Ben / Ahsoka
Well, no. I wouldn't consider most on the Council to be my friends to begin with. Secondly there is a very distinct difference between speaking about things that may influence a person's future, and a conversation long after the fact about things that cannot be changed; and things which everyone knows. You're making assumptions based not on what I'm saying but on what you've already decided. I put no distance between myself and Anakin. I've said as much already.