re: The Mandalorian: Chapter 13 (S2E5) ***SPOILERS***

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At the end when mando and grogu are walking up the ship's ramp Ahsoka nods at Grogu. Does this signal that he told her when they were communicating he didn't want to leave Mando? Is that the real reason Ahsoka says she can't/won't train him?

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I just rewatched the episode, and there's far more communication going on than what Ahsoka lets on to Mando.

You can tell from the pauses and slight smiles, Ahsoka is wording things in a certain way (to state a Jedi move ).

I wonder, during the early parts... at one point she says "let him sleep, I will test him tomorrow".
There was also a part when she says "come over here" and Mando says he's stubborn, and Ahsoka said "I wasn't talking to him". So... there's some occasional misunderstanding on who she's talking to.

I wonder, who was actually being tested?

She said Grogu had been trained by many masters. She then played with a pebble. Kinda a simple thing for a jedi, and we've already seen that he can pick up a rhino... that was even in the recap.

It's funny; old Ben, in the original movie, told someone that the Force comes from living things all around; and told someone to reach out with his mind.
He told Luke, his intended pupil; not Han.

Ahsoka told... MANDO what the Force was; and once we got the game of catch going, she handed off to Mando, and told HIM to try to make a connection.

In fact, she says a LOT, speaking aloud... after communing with Grogu deep into the night WITHOUT saying a word.
Heck, I even wonder if the statements "he's concealed his abilities to survive", and "I sense a deep attachment" etc are referring to Mando, and not Grogu.

Sorta curious, how much of what Ahsoka says is what SHE thinks, and how much is giving a voice to Grogu, who couldn't even tell Mando his name.