Anakin thought working through relationship concerns was a productive enough reason to bring up and talk about concerns. But his closest relationship was with Ben, and their friendship was pretty easy...

Except for all those parts where Ben thought Anakin felt a certain way about him, or Ben held himself to this weird, impossible standard of never letting Anakin down- which was a standard Anakin didn't even come up with. He'd told Ben multiple times he expected very little from him.

And yet...

Oh, Anakin got it now.

"But... you don't know what his concerns are," he pointed out with a pointed look. "So what would you be reinforcing? The assumptions you've come up with to fill in what you haven't actually confirmed yet?"