"No, some can be appeased and put to rest. Some...not so much. People who are evil in life tend to not change." It is what he assumed will happen to him.

Vader was moving steadily but not quickly. Quickly wasn't feasible like this. "Bound to linger yes. Bound to serve me, no. Which is what he owed." For many reasons including his failures.

But he didn't miss that brow lift - at least the feelings behind it. "My wife, Tech." Had he explained he and Padmé were married before? It escaped him at the moment - but he trusted Tech to figure it out.