Did he believe that denial? Maybe. Reading non-clones was difficult. But most kids out of their element would have a harder time being convincing. And he'd seen no indication that she knew what he was, which was the important part. A padawan would've known, she would've been commanding troops already. She wasn't one of them.

Alright. That meant he could answer her question without things getting bad.

"Kamino. It's a backwater place, out in the Rishi Maze." Which was highly classified, but he had no reason not to say it. It wasn't much of a home anyway, just a place where you got made and trained.

"Sorry for being on edge, kid. I've seen something like magic before, getting used by some terrible people. Just wanted to make sure you weren't one of them." He should've figured it out quicker, but he was off his game right now. Seemed like they all were.

"My name's Slick. What's yours?"