That is Brooks's way of attempting to explain away the DEEP AND INSANE LOVE between the two and how he can't write three sentences of Obi-Wan POV without slipping something in about how much OBI-WAN LURRRRRVES MASTUH.

I'm watching Kinsey now on the side, and it is stabbing me through the heart with pain and love alternately and <3333333333 oh, how I love you, Star Wars fandom. The delights you lead me to.