fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, September 13]

"Today we discuss lying," Anakin said as he closed the classroom door precisely on time. "Everyone lies. 'Of course that doesn't make your butt look big.' 'You like her, I like her.' 'I'm totally okay with you moving on.' 'Everything's fine, why do you ask?' It's how the world goes around because no one wants to be trapped in a conversation where someone whines at you for hours on end about how awful their life is."

He looked around the room. "Trust me. Everyone's life is terrible. They're just not telling you about it. Be grateful."

He reached onto his desk for a piece of paper. "Today we're conducting an exercise to see how well you pass this particular social ritual, then we'll discuss whether you think it is necessary. We're playing two truths and a lie. I'll tell you three things about myself and you have to decide which one is the falsehood. Then you'll all tell three things and we'll see how well you can either read each other or keep things hidden."

He gave them a small smile. "I'm very good at this." He schooled his face to absolute neutrality, put his mental blocks up to bar the Jedi in the room from gaining an advantage, then recited: "I've never been beaten in one-on-one space flight combat. I'm not afraid of anything. I named my children after people I met in Fandom." His eyes challenged them to call him out. "Who's next?"

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Rodney considered the options. "I don't know anything about your dogfighting skills or your personal life, but everyone is afraid of something," he stated confidently.

"Really," Anakin said flatly. "If I told you that I was spoken about on the news as the Hero Without Fear for much of a war, would you reassess?"

"Maybe," Rodney swallowed nervously. "And I suppose that would lend credence to the undefeated thing as well so that just leaves the names of your children." He looked at Anakin closer. "Do you even have children?"

Anakin smiled. "I have two. One is a student here: Luke Skywalker."

"Huh," Rodney had met a Luke recently and he was a student so that must be Anakin's kid, but there weren't any others around that he knew of. "Well, then that's the lie. There aren't any Luke's here you could have named him after."

Rodney immediately caught the flaw in his logic and continued on before Anakin could respond. "But since he's a teenager, the person you may have named him after could be long gone by this point. So, without all the relevant data, I'm sticking with my original hypothesis," he crossed his arms to emphasize his point.

Anakin gave him a very small smile and a nod. "Well done."

Rodney preened just a bit. Okay, maybe a lot.

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