It must be hard, to feel that you had to earn and deserve the love of someone so used to giving it unconditionally. There was nothing Anakin could do to prove his worth, because the line didn't exist.

And Obi-Wan, unable to relate to that fear, had no idea how to keep him reassured on that. What he did have, though, was the ability to give the boy what he wanted this one time.

"No," he said. "I'll just forget you're there and kick you again. Come on."

He pulled away from Anakin just enough to pull off his outer-tunic, leaving him in under-tunic to sleep in, and curled his feet up in order to lie down.

"Get some sleep, because we're going to have some meditation training in the morning."