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While Obi-Wan is under the assumption Padmé is well aware of Anakin's intention of telling him about their relationship, he still thinks it wise to speak with her about it on his own. After all, he and Padmé have long had their own friendship, first developed on Tattooine and then later, after she became Senator and they often conferred on issues during the Separatist War.

The revelation of their relationship hadn't surprised Obi-Wan. He well remembers Rex trying to keep him away while Anakin had what he thought were secret calls with her and further to the point, he's arrived in Darrow from a much later point in time than the both of them. He had known, beyond all doubt, that Padmé's child was Anakin's as well, a fact that has been well supported since arriving here and having met their grandson.

He hadn't intended on seeking her out, but as often happens, the Force has apparently made the decision for him and has drawn Obi-Wan to a place in the city where he suddenly senses Padmé nearby. He's dressed to blend in these days, his clothes light and loose, but proper pants and a shirt rather than robes. It's the lightsaber at his belt that still makes him stand apart, but even so, he approaches Padmé slowly, so she might see him before he's directly upon her.

"Hello, Senator," he says with a smile when he's near enough. "And how are you this afternoon?"

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Obi-Wan thinks he knows what his reaction would have been at the time. He had told Anakin more than once that a Jedi must not allow himself to get too attached to anyone, that forming a possessive devotion to another person goes against everything the Jedi teach, and it is something he still believes.

However, he also believes -- and always has -- that there is a deep well of difference between possessiveness and the sort of love that exists between two people. He had warned Anakin against pursuing anything with Padmé, not entirely aware of how far it had already gone, but he knows more now. He knows better. What he has to do now is not try to keep Anakin in the Order, but instead continue to teach him what it means to love without wanting to control all possible outcomes. Even if their world were the same, with the benefit of hindsight, Obi-Wan knows his reaction would be different.

At Padmé's comment, Obi-Wan breathes out a soft laugh, looking down at his hands. "Well, perhaps a bit of foresight was lacking in that moment, yes," he agrees. "But love can be rather all-encompassing, can't it?"

"It certainly can be," Padmé agrees. All-encompassing, she thinks, is actually a fairly good way to describe her relationship with Anakin. Or it had been, back home. Since coming here, she's been trying to find a bit more of a balance, though she's not sure how effective she's been.

"You sound like you're speaking from experience," she adds. That's twice in this one conversation that he's alluded to having been in love before, so she thinks it's alright to pry a bit.

There are few he's been able to speak with of Satine, very few indeed. Both Anakin and Ahsoka had their suspicions, he knows, but he had never confirmed anything with them out of some combination of cowardice and self-preservation. Their relationship would have invited questions he wouldn't be able to answer, not to their satisfaction, and talking of it always made the ache in his chest he'd learned to live with intensify.

"You knew Satine," he says. "She and I met when I was still a Padawan and we... she and I..." He smiles faintly, uncharacteristically without the proper words to encompass what they shared. "I wish I would have thought to talk to Anakin of it. Perhaps he might better understand the choices we make and the regrets we hold, even when we're trained not to."

In that moment, Padmé thinks that might just be the saddest thing she's ever heard.

"I'm so sorry," she says softly, reaching across the table to lay her hand over his. "Satine was... she was a lovely woman."

"She was the leader Mandalore needed," Obi-Wan answers, even though he knows that isn't what Padmé means and he pauses, reminding himself what he's been trying to do since Anakin and Padmé have arrived here, too. To make things right, he himself must be more transparent.

"It's why I could never have asked her to leave with me," he says. "Though to this day I wish I had."