INT. LARS HOMESTEAD/LIVING AREA - SUNSET
As Owen and Ben enter the living area of the Lars homestead, they find Anakin sitting on a sofa, checking his healing wound under the bacta patch.
ANAKIN: (reseals the patch) The girls are in the 'freshers getting cleaned up.
OBI-WAN: Then it can wait.
ANAKIN: (cocks an eyebrow) What can wait?
Neither Ben nor Owen say anything, merely taking seats within the room. After several minutes pass, Nellith and Beru both enter the room -- clean, refreshed, and radiant in fresh new clothes.
BERU: (beaming) Lord, it feels so good to be clean after all that time in the Wastes!
Rising to his feet, Owen glances at Anakin, Nellith, and Beru.
OWEN: Nik, Beru, Nellith ... Ben has something he has to say.
Crossing over to the sofa, Beru and Nellith both sit down beside Anakin.
NELLITH: What is it, Ben? What do you have to say?
As Owen retakes his seat, Obi-Wan stands up.
OBI-WAN: When I arrived here, I made a discovery -- an incredible discovery none of you save Owen and Anakin know about. (beat) Anakin, like me, is Force-sensitive. Like me, he has the power to perceive and harness the Force.
Hearing this, Nellith and Beru turn to regard the blond young man; while Nellith doesn't seem all that surprised by this news, Beru's eyes are virtually popping from their sockets with the revelation.
BERU: Force-sensitive!? When did this happen?!
ANAKIN: Ben told me it's something I was born with.
OWEN: (to Nellith) The Force --
NELLITH: (cuts him off with a raised hand) I know what the Force is, Owen. (turns to Ben) When did you reveal this to my son?
OBI-WAN: The night of your husband's funeral.
NELLITH: (turns to Anakin, irate) You've known all this time and you never told us?!
ANAKIN: (taken aback) Mom, what's wrong? What are you getting angry about?
Without answering, the Zeltron-human woman turns back to Obi-Wan, glowering at him with her intense fuchsia eyes.
NELLITH: Why didn't you say anything?
OBI-WAN: I regretted telling your son about his abilities. I was hoping any interest in the Force would go away if I left it alone.
NELLITH: (angry) You should have thought about that before you said anything to him in the first place!
OBI-WAN: I know. (beat) But I can't ignore your son's need anymore.
NELLITH: (grits her teeth) What need?
OBI-WAN: To realize his potential by becoming a Jedi. (beat) I personally can't teach him, but I know many others who --
Simmering with rage, Nellith bolts upright and quickly leaves the room before the Jedi knight can finish what he has to say.
BERU: Mom!
Jumping from the sofa, Beru hurries after his mother, leaving Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Owen alone in the room.
ANAKIN: (turns to Ben) I thought you didn't want me to become a Jedi.
OBI-WAN: (sits down) I opened your door to a much larger world -- I have to be the one who helps you take your first step through it.
INT. LARS HOMESTEAD/CORRIDOR OUTSIDE NELLITH'S ROOM - TWILIGHT
Entering the corridor, Anakin makes his way down to the closed door leading into Nellith's room. As he arrives, the door opens and Beru steps out. Closing the door, she makes eye contact with her half-brother.
ANAKIN: Can I talk to her?
BERU: Sure.
Without further words, Beru walks past Anakin on her way out of the corridor, leaving Nik free access to the closed door. Opening it, he steps inside to find Nellith sitting on the edge of her bed, her head bowed and her hands clasped together in her lap.
INT. LARS HOMESTEAD/NELLITH'S ROOM - TWILIGHT
ANAKIN: (closes the door) What was that all about with Ben, Mom? Why did you freak out at him like that? What's wrong?
NELLITH: (sighs) I was hoping this would never happen. (beat) I didn't want you to find out about your connection to the Force.
ANAKIN: (sits down beside Nellith) I don't understand. Before I met Obi-Wan, I didn't even know what the Force was. But you sound like you're an expert on the subject or something, like you knew this might happen one day.
NELLITH: I'm not an expert, but I know enough about it to know I don't like it. (beat) I don't want to you to go with Kenobi to become a Jedi.
ANAKIN: (frowns) Why, Mom, why? I've never asked you for anything before -- why deny me the opportunity to get off this dustball world and make something for myself?
NELLITH: Because of your father.
ANAKIN: I don't see what Mir has to do with any of this.
NELLITH: I'm not talking about Mir. (beat) I'm talking about Kane.
Hearing the name of his biological father, Anakin goes silent, taken aback by the weight of this revelation.