fandomhigh | Ethics [Tuesday, March 3, 2nd period]

A very tanned Anakin leaned a little uncomfortably against his desk as he waited for the students to take their seats.

"Today we talk about diligence, temperance, and forgiveness," he said quietly, "and we're going to use examples from the midterm exam to do so."

He flipped the hologram to life, focusing on a shot of Palpatine's face. "The goal was to save this man, the democratically chosen leader of your galaxy, at the cost--if necessary--of your own lives. After the first dozen or so droids shooting at you, you certainly had the option of retreating and leaving the mission for someone else to complete. So when does diligence turn to foolhardiness?"

The holocam switched to footage of two Jedi, blue blades flashing, taking on an older man wielding a red lightsaber. The battle was moving at least three times as fast as the exercise had. The older Jedi went ricocheting into a wall, then the second one, fire in his eyes, closed in on their opponent. A few moments later the Sith dropped to his knees with two lightsabers held to his throat.

The Jedi wielding the lightsabers looked an awful lot like their teacher.

"Temperance," Anakin said softly. "Do you kill him now? He's dangerous. He held the head of a galaxy-wide government hostage. He injured your partner. He certainly tried to kill you first. Or do you capture him and leave him to the whims of the courts?"

He shook his head. "Finally, forgiveness. You save the chancellor, at great personal expense, only to discover he's not the kind of man you thought he was. Your act of heroism has managed to make the situation at home much, much worse. How do you forgive yourself for it? Can you forgive the others who put you into that position?"

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"Uhhh," Hurley said. "She's not gonna be in trouble for joking around, is she?"

"Do I look like the sort of person who'd get her in trouble?"

Yes, he did. He paused. "She's not going to be in trouble," he rephrased.

"I was just joking around with Tahiri," Hurley said. "My roommate. Before her Jedi mission thing."

"She had a mission?" Anakin asked, frowning. "She's back now, right?"

Hurley nodded. "Safe and sound, thankfully."

Not that he had any right to it, but Anakin felt responsible for the Jedi at the school. "That's good to hear," he said with a slightly relieved smile. "Our missions tend to be...interesting."

Hurley nodded. "She seems a little... off, I guess? But I'm sure she'll be okay."

"How off?" Anakin asked, immediately on alert. There was a reason he'd been a force to be reckoned with: when he focused on something, he was a little scary.

"Uhhh, not, like... Yooz... thing... off. Just kinda... like something's bothering her," Hurley said.

That wasn't the most reassuring thing he'd ever heard, no. "I should check in," he decided.

"Okay, dude," Hurley said. "I mean, uhhh, Master Skywalker."

"Better," Anakin said with a small smile.

Hurley nodded. "Sorry about the joke," he said.

"I have a sense of humor," Anakin protested.

No, he didn't.

"Right, okay," Hurley said. "I'm... gonna go now."

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