"The-"

[He bites down on the almost reflexive 'The fault was Palpatine's and his alone.' Somehow he suspects he won't be able to sell her on that.]

"... I was tasked with protecting and guiding him. I was unable to defend him, and blinded to the extent of his emotional pain."

[He almost turns a bit bitter- a strange, alien emotion from his voice and his face, and one that sits poorly on it.]

"By love."