Having the role explained in such a way just cements in her mind not only how important Obi-Wan's relationship with Anakin is, but how much it must have hurt to lose Qui-Gon the way he had. To have someone like that torn away so suddenly, to have watched him die...

Leaning down to press a kiss to his chest, she moves just slightly so as to be able to press her cheek over that spot, effectively using him as a pillow. "You're a good man, Obi-Wan Kenobi," she muses softly, smoothing her hand along his side. "Ani's lucky to have you in his life." A pause, and then she adds, "I think the more normal we can make things seem, the better it might be? Not coddling him, as you put it, but not making hills into mountains either. Though I'm certain that's all much easier said than done."