Sparkle pulled a face, but he let the topic swap slide. He figured Atton already knew how he felt about... about whatever. Sparkle had plenty of feelings.

Funnily enough, the way he viewed Atton hadn't changed all that much since Atton was a student. Which just meant the whole Jedi thing tended to perplex him, and the friendship with Anakin baffled him all the more.

"Run laps," he grumbled. "Jump fences, crawl through mud and pudding and whatever. Wasn't too bad, I guess. It isn't like I can't handle a fence."