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Ethics [Thursday, March 20}

Today Anakin's desk was covered with droid babies in bassinets.

Each baby had a tiny stuffed Ewok tucked next to it. Shh.

"Today we talk about lust," Anakin said. "Or rather, the unintended consequences that can happen when you take action without precautions."

He smiled. "Meet your little projects for the next week. They're heavy, they cry, and they will record everything you do with them. So if you stuff them into a closet for a week, believe me, I'll know."

He reached for a list of paper. "Some of you I've paired together, some of you are single parents." His smile turned a little evil. "Some of your babies are a little fussier than others."

He was a petty, petty man.

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Tears will not affect him.

Andrew hadn't physically been able to be in class since February. From Andrew's perspective, it had been nearly three months.

He was fully prepared to get yelled at by Anakin, which is probably why he was preemptively wincing as he approached his teacher.

Anakin arched an eyebrow. "You haven't dropped the baby already, have you?"

Andrew switched the baby from one arm to the other with surprising grace. "No, sir," he said. "I just thought I should, um, come talk to you about, um..."

He took a deep breath. "I've missed a few classes."

"Have you," Anakin replied evenly. "You've had more important things to do on Thursdays?"

"I w-was a bunny." It sounded lame, but it was the truth.

"And then I was in Paris. It was 1899."

He really wished he had better excuses.

"I'm sorry."

Anakin's lips quirked up. "You're much less annoying than the last person I knew who turned into a bunny."

"Yeah?" Andrew wasn't used to people telling him he wasn't annoying. Well, wasn't as annoying...

"Is there, ah... I mean, how can I make up for those?"

"Last week we talked about wrath, and the one before then was devoted to a discussion of love," Anakin said. "Are either emotions something you might be familiar with?"

"Umm... you could say that, yes." He nodded.

Andrew rather felt like he had plenty of experience with both those emotions at this point in his life.

"Can you guess why I might have put the two classes back to back?" Anakin asked.

Andrew took a moment to think, bouncing the droid baby lightly as he did.

"Well... If something happened to someone I loved, I imagine my emotions might first swing towards the wrathful side."

"Good," Anakin said, nodding. "In the context of last week's abductions, how could this lead to disaster?"

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Karal did come looking for Anakin, and he was looking worried, but it had nothing to do with the droid baby he was carrying. He actually looked fairly comfortable with it, automatically adjusting when it fussed.

It had been many years, but old habits of care were returning. "Professor Skywalker?" he said quietly. "I was wondering if I could speak with you in private? It is nothing to do with the class."

"Absolutely," Anakin said, focusing immediately on Karal's face. "My office?"

"Please, if you don't mind." He was not looking forward to attempting to explain this to Anakin. At this point, Karal was simply hoping he wouldn't decide Karal was mad and have him locked up.

Anakin ushered Karal into his office and closed the door. "What's wrong?"

"It is not immediately wrong," he said hastily. "Only potentially wrong somewhere in the future. Which is what I wanted to speak to you about, to ask for your help, should the wrongness manifest." Karal blinked, realising he was making this even more complex, and sank into a chair. "Forgive me, but it's complicated to explain."

"I have nothing but time," Anakin said quietly, "and I'm familiar with complicated stories."

He nodded, giving Anakin a small smile. "All right. This begins with Gabriel, the man who lives in the church, and involves angels," he trailed off, looking at Anakin hesitantly. "Actual angels, servants of their god."

"Like the ones in the nativity scene," Anakin said, nodding. "Go on."

"I'm not sure what that is," he admitted. "But it's not important." Karal took a deep breath, sorting it all out in his head, then began to explain. "Gabriel is not a man at all, or at least, he didn't used to be. He was an angel. He was made human as punishment, for failing his god, and he ended up here in exile. The task he failed in was part of a larger whole, a war between angels. One side wishes to obliterate humanity from their world, and the angel who leads them, Pyriel, is genocidal and homicidal and insane. Gabriel tells me he has stands a good chance of succeeding."

He knew how this sounded, and he kept his eyes fixed on the edge of Anakin's desk, determined to simply get all of it out. "There is one person who can stop him, a boy, who is something called a Nephilim, who had an angel father and a human mother. There may come a time in the future where he needs to be protected, as Pyriel will try and destroy him once he realises the threat. When Gabriel told me that, I thought of you."

Anakin nodded, accepting the story completely. "You'd like me to protect a chosen one?"

Karal sagged with relief. "I, yes. Yes, that is what I'm asking," he said, amazed and grateful that his story had been so easily accepted. "If it becomes necessary, which Vkandis willing it won't."

"Just in case Vkandis decides to sit out the affairs of a different god, then," Anakin said with a very small smile. "How old is the boy?"

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