“Is that so hard to believe?” She’s teasing, but she understands his skepticism. Things were definitely different between them from his perspective.

Taking his words as an invitation to continue, she takes a breath before launching into it. It was a long story but they seemed to have plenty of time to kill on this train.

“You came to my castle and asked to join me. But without the darksaber, my forces abandoned me. I was alone, with no means of taking back Mandalore. So I turned you away.”

That part is difficult to talk about and it shows. She had been in a bad place then.

“You insisted on finding the Living Waters beneath the mines of Mandalore. I let you go, but you found yourself in trouble and I had to come rescue you.”