[ How he wishes Anakin were right; because this is how he thought things were working, too. But the truth is so much more insidious. He tucks his hands behind his elbows, into his armpits, folding his arms tightly to his chest as though to keep the cold at bay. The night is warm. ]

When I was captured on Geonosis [ This is not new information, because when he told it to the Council he told it to Anakin, too; but it also seems like ancient history after years of war. ] Count Dooku told me the Republic was under the control of a Dark Lord of the Sith. A man called Darth Sidious.

I thought he was lying.

[ The weight after that sentence speaks for itself. ]