It's not as if I don't know the distinction. Doing what I did, you experience a lot of different cultures and ways of life. I wasn't blind to it. It just wasn't for me since I was married and never had eyes for anyone else. She was everything to me, and I would have burned the world for her if that's what she wanted.

[ It hadn't been and things escalated from there, but that was the past and Anakin has no interest in scrutinizing what went wrong when things are so nice right now. He splashes his face with a bit of water, scrubbing at his eyes to help him focus on the here and now. No dwelling allowed. ]

I admit that it does sound appealing when you put it like that. Maybe where I went wrong was putting my entire soul into loving someone. I can't say that I'm going to be capable of keeping the two separate forever, but what's the harm in trying?