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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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"Yes," Triela sort of agreed, "But if your mission says you have to save him then you do it. The only time you back off is to reconsider your approach to that."

"Sometimes the mission changes too much while you're in it, though," Zayne said. "If you're too busy fighting the Sith Lord and some droids come in to take the Chancellor to another ship, you still need to survive the fight with the Sith, first of all. After that you'd need to figure out if it's even possible for you to get back to help the Chancellor. But sometimes missions aren't successful."

Zayne knew that well.

"Mine are," Triela responded simply. Her tone suggested that such was the natural order of things.

"Good for you," Zayne said, sincerely and with a smile. There was no sarcasm in his voice. "I'm not that good, though. I have to work with what I'm given."

"Maybe you just need practice," Triela offered generously. "You could join the gun club if you need to practice shooting."

"Thanks, but I have to pass. I have enough trouble trying to master a lightsaber, and that's the thing I'm supposed to be learning to use," Zayne said.

"I've seen one of those," Triela shook her head. "They never struck me as all that practical." Because Triela only had one way to approach any task: shoot everything.

"It's a great weapon and it can light up a dark room," Zayne pointed out. "What's more practical than that?"

"Range?" Triela suggested.

"If you get good enough with the Force, you can throw your lightsaber for range and have it return to your hand," Zayne explained.

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"I suppose that could be useful. If, you know, I could do anything with that."

"That's why it's really only a Jedi weapon," Zayne said with a shrug.

"I like something more flexible, myself. But I suppose it's nice to have something your opponents can't use against you."

She cocked her head, "But I bet it's harder to scrounge one of those in the middle of a fight."

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