Ezra's quiet a second while he wrestles with his gut reaction to what he has had time not interpreting as the implication that Obi-wan shouldn't be involved in raising the twins. Part of him wants to argue that Obi-wan has every right. That they're family, even if not by blood.

But well, for one thing, he can't be completely sure Padme would agree, when she knows the full truth of what happened to Anakin. And for another, Ezra knows he's falling pretty short of perfect Jedi equanimity on any of this.

"Guilt and grief and love and fear can make a big tangled mess, can't they?" is what he says out loud, offering Clarice a tremulous smile. "There's reasons a lot of Jedi try to avoid winding up in the position of getting caught up in all these emotions as much as they can, while still being, you know, people."