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

"Today we talk about wrath," he said. "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?" He raised an eyebrow. "And how will what I'm telling you affect your decision to not go out after statues like a bunch of idiots?"

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Anakin gave him a flat look. "So what will you do? Give me a plan."

Reno returned the flat look.

"I'm not the guy for plans, here, Teach." He shrugged his shoulders. "Probably wait for someone to gather a posse, at least. Go out with them. Strength in numbers or whatever until we know what the hell those things are."

He tilted his head.

"Gotta admit, it's real temptin' to just take off and try to smash 'em anyhow. But damn, keepin' in mind some of the people these things already got, even I'm willin' to admit that I'd be runnin' a suicide jaunt if I took off after 'em on my own, yo."

"I've heard the list," Anakin said. "Anything that can mess with two Winchesters is nothing to be taken lightly. But going out after them smacks a little of trying to poke a rancor with a stick just to see what will happen. Or people picking fights with Umbridge because clearly they were so much more qualified than the rest of us. A little strategy never hurt."

"Last thing I got on my agenda is to go out and get myself killed." Reno shrugged his shoulders. "That don't mean I'm not gonna try to do somethin' about it. And in the meantime, I'll be carryin' a weapon, because even if I'm not plannin' on chasin' 'em, I'm not gonna be caught defenseless. I'm doubtin' that the first people who got nabbed were out pickin' fights, either."

"Which calls into question just how effective weapons might be," Anakin said with a shrug of his own.

Not that it was stopping him from carrying his lightsaber, either.

"If nothin' else," Reno said, giving his electro-mag rod a tap against his shoulder, "it's a nice little security blanket."

And yes, he had fallen asleep clinging to it last night, too.

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