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Anakin stalked into the room and slammed the door shut behind him.

"Today we talk about wrath," he said. Ignore the pointed look he gave John Sheppard. Really.

"There's something very human about giving in to our temper," he said. "It's freeing, uncomplicated."

He paused. "At least at that moment. The repercussions are always waiting."

He waved a hand and the holoprojector flipped to life. Frozen in time was a young Jedi with two lightsabers at the neck of an older, clearly defeated enemy.

"This was me," he said, pointing at the young man. "And that older man was evil and threatened my family. It didn't make the choice I made--to kill him while he knelt there--any less wrong."

He looked around the classroom making eye contact with every student before continuing. "Wrath is very, very tempting. It urges you to listen to that dark little voice inside of you--to cut loose, live without consequences."

He pointed at the holo again. "There are always consequences. This moment has stayed with me, made me the person I am. It wasn't a positive influence."

Anakin stopped pacing. "What would it take for you to get to that hazy edge? And more importantly, how do you stop yourself from giving in?"

I Shall Not Walk Alone - Ben Harper

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"And in the entire universe there was nothing else you could use as an example except my Master's death?" There was possibly an edge to Qui-Gon's voice that wasn't usually there.

"Of where my weakness had caused disaster on a small scale? No," Anakin decided. "And a hypothetical won't sink in with this group. They need to understand that real consequences don't just happen to other people. They happen to people they know."

"Some of us know more people involved than others."

"An unintended consequence for asking questions I told you you didn't want the answers to," Anakin replied.

Anakin was a cold-hearted bastard when he was making points.

"I'm not stupid," Qui-Gon pointed out sharply. "You had to realize I was going to figure it out. Especially if you keep showing it over and over and over."

"Because being blind to his faults does you absolutely no good," Anakin replied. "And neither would being blind to mine. Hero worship has no place in Jedi training."

"Neither does deliberate infliction of distress just because you don't like someone asking you questions," Qui-Gon shot back.

"You've clearly not been paying a lot of attention to Jedi teaching methods," Anakin retorted.

Because a part of him would always been that nine year old standing in the center of the Council Chamber being told he wasn't good enough.

"And if you don't agree with something, perpetuating it on others is the height of hypocripsy," Qui-Gon pointed out.

That finally got Anakin to shut the hell up.

And look sullen.

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