Anakin's eyes lit up with supreme interest, and his mind scrambled to make the pieces of this information fit.

"Are you really out there fighting the Sith? My master defeated one a few years ago. And the Masters all won't talk about it with me but I overhear them talking sometimes and they all know there's another one because they all say they always come in two."

Yes, it made sense, if this padawan and his master were undercover, fighting the Sith, then a padawan braid would give it all away.