Ethics [Monday, April 16, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was standing next to his desk watching a little girl in a pink hat coloring a picture.

He looked exhausted.

"Okay," he said when the students arrived. "This week we're scheduled to talk about the ethics of parenting. I didn't make the little ones appear!" he said quickly. "I was going to give you egg babies instead."

He pointed at the crate of eggs on his desk. "So you're still getting paired up because it's your final project for class, but I'm sure many of you have more insights on this area than you would have, oh, say, Saturday." He smiled wryly. "And I'm guessing a life of celibacy is looking fairly appealing."

He pulled out a list of names. "Anyway. Here are your parenting teams. Take an egg, name it, give it a backstory, and bring it back in one piece this time next week. Listen for your name, then pair up and chat.

Marco and Molly
Katara and Sam
Balthier and Turtle
Irulan and Dean
Walter and Valentine
Jake and Blair
Kaoru and Neil
Draco and Steerpike
John and Jaye."

Anakin smiled. "So...anyone have stories to share?"

Comments

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

Lysander frowned. "Are you sure you know Mom?"

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Dude, I've seen her..." He totally stopped that train of thought because, child. "Yeah, I'm sure. We were in a Christmas pageant together."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

"A what?"

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"A play," he said. "Acting on stage."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

"Why'd she do something like that?"

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Because...she's a good actress," John said, deciding not to tell Lysander about the Strip Triad stuff.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

"But she doesn't like to be noticed."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's true," he said. "But, this time, she made an exception and let herself be noticed."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

Lysander nodded. "It's just, she doesn't even like Solstice."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John frowned. "Maybe she just has her days where she doesn't mind being noticed. And those are rare. Ask her about acting one day."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[weetinygodlings.livejournal.com]

"I'll do that," Lysander said, provided she didn't kill him the second he got home.