fandomhigh | Self Confidence the Ares Way, [Thursday, Period 2]

"So," Ares said, after the class had arrived at the main campfire. "Last week, you all decided that the best thing to do after being banished from your village was to raise an army to create a kind of bufferzone to prevent your village being attacked again." Which they hadn't, exactly, but Ares wasn't going to let that stop him.

"Now, after you've got the hang of this whole leading an army thing, you find you're quite successful at it, and in short order are building up a decent reputation. One day, while doing your thing, your men capture a prisoner, a minor general of a smallish empire, who says you can fetch a handsome ransom for him. What do you do? Do you get him go? Do you ransom him, kill him?"

"Now, assuming you decide to ransom him, which being the intrepid young warriors you are, I am, you obviously don't treat him shabbily, after all, there's a meal ticket riding on it, and hey, this guy is rather charming, so you two get along...well, given our classroom setting, let's just leave it as getting along rather well. Now, before you let him go, your hostage proposes you meet up in a couple of days and start a new alliance. Again what do you do? Why?"

"However, once you meet up with your new 'ally' again, it turns out that it all was a bit of a trap and you get crucified. Whoops. Luckily for you, you get freed from the cross by a 'good friend', and taken to a healer to do something about that whole shattered lower legs thing you've got going for you, but not before your friend gets skewered by a couple of arrows and dies."

"Discuss the most self-empowering way you can think of to deal with this betrayal, and your loss of both your friend and the use of your legs for the foreseeable future."

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"Treat him well. If we capture him, we are responsible for him, and for his continued well being," Karal said promptly. "He must not be harmed, and not simply because he may have some theoretical value, although" he added reluctantly, "ransoming him might be the best way to handle the situation."

Cedric nodded. "Harming him would only draw the ire of his supporters. If a hostage must be held, he must be kept safe, well nourished and comfortable so that the hostage taking doesn't lead to something even more dire."

Altra gave Cedric a long, slow, considering look, then went back to watching Ares.

Karal smiled and nodded, relieved to find someone who agreed with him. "Yes, exactly! I am Karal, by the way, and that is Altra."

"Cedric," he said, smiling. "It's nice to meet you both. I hope neither of us never has to take a hostage."

"And you," he replied, smiling in return. "I do not think I could, unless the only other option was slaying the person."

"Two options I hope to never encounter," Cedric replied.

"Sunlord willing, neither of us will," he said seriously, touching the tips of his fingers to his Vkandis medal. "Though I do wonder what this has to do with building one's self-confidence."

"I think, perhaps, the teacher is quite delusional," Cedric said. "Or extremely full of himself."

"Oh yes," he said happily. "He claims he's a god so I think it is far more likely to be both."

Z nodded at Karal and Cedric. "What they said. Also, as long as you've got him, might as well subtly collect information on wherever it is he's from. Ask the guy some questions."

"Just ask, though," Naminé said quickly. "If he's disinclined to share, I wouldn't use force."

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