[While he doesn't recoil, Starkiller isn't quite sure what to do with the reassuring contact. He hasn't had much of that in his life. Vader's training had been most of his life. It was all he knew.]

It's hard not to. I...wasn't given much else. To him, I was a weapon.

[And he smirks.]

Yeah, well...at least we're a little better prepared. Once you've seen a Gorog or an Exogorth, it takes a lot to surprise you. Some of the others weren't so lucky.