There was no point in dissembling. Ariadne was very, very good at lying. But only when she had to.

The truth felt more valuable this time.

"There's a man named Anakin," she said. "I think he's a good man, but he's very, very angry and he...killed someone. Someone very important to me. So right now, I'm kind of upset with him."

It didn't help that he was ignoring her calls. But at least she hadn't gone after him, like she initially wanted to. That would have been very, very bad of her.