Ethics [Thursday, November 9, 6th period]

[sith_happened]

Vader swept into the room and slammed the door behind him as usual.

"Immortality," he intoned, pacing in front of the class, mental walls incredibly strong. On this topic most of all, he had no interest in students poking around in his head. "Many beings have made life-altering choices in order to avoid dying, or to try to avoid someone they love dying. They've broken under torture, they've made pacts with powerful beings, they've sold their souls like a commodity. They've cloned themselves, murdered thousands, created machines to stop the passage of time."

Vader's cape billowed out around him as he turned. "Today's discussion is not about why all sentient and mortal beings seem to fear death. Today, you shall discuss what you would be prepared to give up if it would guarantee that you would live forever."

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Re: What would you do to live forever?

[swerval_zero]

Zero thought her answer over carefully before she said, "I think a better question is, why would you want to live forever? Because everyone you love is going to die eventually, an' you'll be left alone. Unless everyone else is immortal, too, in which case, whoa, overpopulation much? Death is just...part of living."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

Zero sounded very much like Yoda, albeit with better grammar. It irritated Vader.

"What if you were trying to keep someone you loved from dying? To stay together for as long as possible?" Vader asked. "Would that change your response?"

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[swerval_zero]

That's possibly the first time someone has ever complimented Zero's grammar. "It depends. You've got to consider quality of life, like. I'd pay every dime I had an' go into debt to save someone, but if I'm savin' a vegetable, like, it's not worth it. Also everyone in my family has living wills," she added casually.

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

Vader was not familiar with the use of "vegetable" to describe a person, so he just nodded and moved on.