At some point, if he wants Obi-Wan to help him, he'll have to talk about it. So that might as well be now. It's not that it worries him to bare his heart here, it's just that it will probably always be difficult.

"Every day," he says, and leans forward to rest his arms on his knees. "But for five years I didn't. I tried, but ... After the Purge, every time I tried I'd feel this ... fear, and I'd lose control. So I stopped. My connection was broken. It's fine now. Stronger than before, I think."