Two peas in a pod (Tatooine)

He looked to her as she smiled almost right away to his answer and question before she was eventually explaining that she was surprised he wasn't interested in the chemistry between two people. Aldric had to smirk a little. Clearly she misinterpreted him... which wasn't a bad thing. Aldric was well aware what could happen between two people... the chemistry that took place when one 'fell in love' was very simple; and even more distracting. One reason Aldric never let himself into something like that... he didn't want to be THAT distracted from his work.

Aldric hadn't always been so cold about these things though, and that was something he would more likely not try to share with her. Still he would allow himself a minor hint that would probably settle her curiosity. "Oh the ideas aren't news to me..." He commented, a small smirk on his lip again before he continued a little further. "I just don't need it myself."

Aldric's expression didn't seem to change at all as Isabela appeared to be a little shocked at his expression (and rather cold association) of love and closeness to other people. She abandoned the game, explaining to him that she believed everyone should be close to someone at least once in their life. While Aldric found that to be a rather shallow association with how people should be considered 'close' he didn't say anything about it. After all he didn't believe he fell into the stereotype.

It seemed she was going to make a slight advancement though, inching a little closer and letting her hand rest on his leg. The intention was clear; to get a reaction out of him. Her smile was warm, but Aldric didn't seem to budge at all, his eyebrow only raising slightly to look to where her hand now rested, then back up to her. "I've survived so far without..." He countered her, eyebrows arching almost in challenge to her as he eyed her for a moment. He had loved once in the past, and he had to admit now that this woman reminded him of her a little. However he also remembered how that went over, and would rather not repeat the event.

He wasn't all together lying either though... Aldric never lied. Bent the truth, told half stories, sure. But never did he lie. There had been one woman, but he had never dated her, nor had they had any closeness. So what he said was true... it just wasn't his whole story. And he doubted she would learn of it either.

There was a moment of almost cold silence between the two of them; and Aldric could practically see the wheels turning behind Isabela's eyes as she looked to him; trying to figure things out about him the same way he had been this whole morning. She didn't move at all, just sitting there for a moment as she thought about it and eventually came to her conclusion. He eyed her for a moment, wondering what move she would make next; and not on the chess board. Between the two of them he could tell here was a calculated game being played out between only the two of them; and this was her move. And it was a surprising move to say the least.

The Name? Well she had come to the conclusion that he was surprised anyone else would. There were a limited number of people in the Galaxy in his time who knew about the events of a woman coming up and hurting him; betraying his trust like she had, and even fewer in this time who knew about it. Aldric had refused to say her name since it had happened, and to this day he hadn't muttered it even to himself in private. And now she wanted to hear the name? He wouldn't bend so easily.

Her name doesn't matter. Aldric insisted after a moment. It was enough that Isabela had found it out just from their interactions, did the name really have weight on the matter? No. Name or no name; the story was the same; and the story was the part that mattered.

She took the board from between them, and then sat back down again as close as she had been before; with the only exception being that she had taken the board from between them now; leaving nothing in their way. That also meant that Aldric had one less distraction, and one less excuse to hide behind. He sighed lightly as she agreed with him that the name didn't matter after all. He nodded lightly, having known he was right anyway about it. Still, she wanted to know what had happened between himself and the woman.

Aldric couldn't dodge this one by saying it wasn't important like he could to the last question, as both of them knew that wasn't the case with this story. Sighing lightly Aldric paused; growing silent as if refusing to answer the question would make it go away.

It didn't.

After a long several moments he spoke and answered finally. "There is a history of women in my life leading me to trust them, and then stabbing me in the back. It's easiest not to be distracted by it." Aldric eventually answered coldly.

He continued to sit there, looking to Isabela still as she eyed him the same. It would figure that the explanation he had given wouldn't be enough for her, causing Aldric to sigh a little at the moment and remain quietly looking to her. She of course took it the wrong way, which caused him to smirk. It was by far not just the one woman he had loved, but he did have a history with other women who had done him wrong. She had still jumped the gun a little and rushed a conclusion she didn't need to. Anyway, that didn't get him out of the situation he was in.

Seeing as he had no where else to go though he sighed a bit and began speaking again. "Mostly family never being around i became self reliant." He explained with a nod before continuing; still keeping it as vague as possible. "When i did rely on a woman outside of the family... i regretted it. Not a mistake i'll make again." Aldric explained flatly, not about to go into full detail about it. It was enough of an answer that he suspected she would be fine with it.

He looked up at her as she made herself comfortable on the bed, again resting her hand on his knee as she continued to try and get the information out of him that she was looking for. It was around this time though that he did have something to hide behind, arching his brow a little as he looked over to her again. "Why so interested? I don't suppose this is all part of helping my ribs heal." Aldric eventually asked, forcing himself to sit up a little more with a bit of a hiss as if he needed a reminder of what was broken.

"What are you looking for?" He asked, assuming she had some kind of an alternative motive behind trying to dig into his past. No one ever dug this far into his past without wanting something out of it.

Isabela remained sitting there for the moment, looking down and into his eyes for the longest time as she went on to answer his questions, the patent smile still on her lips. Aldric watched her for a moment, and after a moment she was giving her reason. He kept his eyes on her's not seeing any signals that she was lying about her reasoning. She really wanted to just help him through it it would seem. Someone of course failed to mention to her that perhaps he didn't want the help, and besides that he still believed there was nothing wrong with him or his heart. Just because he didn't want such an attachment again.

"And what if i told you there wasn't a problem with my heart?" Aldric eventually countered, watching as she leaned a little further into him, resting her hand on his ribs. He almost winced just with the thought of it, but she was gentle enough that it didn't actually put pressure on any of the damaged bones, just giving her enough support to rest there and feel his heart beat.