Anakin did understand. Maybe a little better than Rahne would have expected. He dreaded what it might have been like if Tahiri were to show up, and he felt horrible about it. She was... had been... his best friend, and the fact that he didn't want to see her because of how difficult it was made him feel a little sick sometimes. And Tahiri had never died for him. He could only imagine how complicated it was for Rahne.
Anakin hugged Rahne a little tighter before letting go. "Why don't you sit down? Come on." He cleared the couch of a half-finished machine of questionable use.