Not once in the course of his observation does Padmé notice Obi-Wan's presence, her focus so intent on the precisely chopping the vegetables and mixing the dough for the bread. Her hands covered in flour, the workspace more of a mess than it really should be, the process is its own form of meditation, her thoughts calming as time slowly passes.

It's only when both bread and stew are in the ovens that her mind begins to wander again, everything circling back to her present situation with a certain Jedi, no matter where her thoughts had started. Politics, personal relationships, each path led to Obi-Wan Kenobi -- what they are, what they could be, what all of this will mean for the both of them. This isn't the first time she's thought over any of these things, but now that they've spent more time together...

She does care for the Jedi, and can easily see them becoming close friends in this new life together. Hopefully that's something that he wants, something that will be of benefit to his life rather than a detriment. She says a small prayer to the gods she'd learned of as a child that this never becomes something he regrets.

The timer goes off for the bread first, then the stew not long after, and she leaves the both of them cooling on the stove to find her errant Knight, taking the path off the back of the kitchen down to the lakefront.