[ Interesting, he thinks, watching Rex as he counters the apology; it isn't any of the things Obi-Wan felt he had to apologize for. Perhaps in hindsight that makes sense. When one puts one's life on the line on a regular basis, continuing to do so is no different than any other day of the week. It's his ability and his singular ability to use it well — the idea that Obi-Wan could have slandered that in some way.

So a young man who is living up to the highest of expectations with little wiggle room. Depressingly familiar, if notably more traumatic; this boy barely had anyone to show him love at all. His loneliness is a shield of serrated teeth. This is why Obi-Wan chooses to ignore the very obvious baiting to focus on the main point: ]

I had no questions about your ability. For as brash as you are, you don't strike me as the sort to needlessly put your own life in danger. If you thought blowing up pieces of the mine could be done, I trusted you.