fandomhigh | Ethics Class [Thursday, September 10, 1st period]

"Today we discuss lying," Anakin said as he closed the classroom door precisely on time. "Everyone lies. 'Of course that doesn't make your butt look big.' 'You like her, I like her.' 'I'm totally okay with you moving on.' 'Everything's fine, why do you ask?' It's how the world goes around because no one wants to be trapped in a conversation where someone whines at you for hours on end about how awful their life is."

He looked around the room. "Trust me. Everyone's life is terrible. They're just not telling you about it. Be grateful."

He reached onto his desk for a piece of paper. "Today we're conducting an exercise to see how well you pass this particular social ritual, then we'll discuss whether you think it is necessary. We're playing two truths and a lie. I'll tell you three things about myself and you have to decide which one is the falsehood. Then you'll all tell three things and we'll see how well you can either read each other or keep things hidden."

He gave them a small smile. "I'm very good at this." He schooled his face to absolute neutrality, put his mental blocks up to bar any psychics in the room from gaining an advantage, then recited: "During a war at home I was known as 'The Hero Without Fear.' I have three children. I am the youngest Jedi ever to join the Jedi Council, which governed my Order." His eyes challenged them to call him out. "Who's next?"

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Oh, Bobby so sucked at this game. He barely even remembered to use code names in the field and that was only sort of lying.

"Uh, I've been to Antarctica, I've never been on a date, and my other school only has five students." He still wasn't about to call it his 'old' school, no.

Rose smiiiiirked at Bobby. "I think you've been on a date, yeah."

"I've been on one," Bobby admitted. Of course, it had been two years ago and a thirteen-year-old's version of a date didn't exactly line up with a high schooler's, but at the time...

"Antarctica," Kyle decided.

"Nah, dude, I've been there," Bobby told him. "School trip!"

"Isn't Antarctica really cold?"

Mostly yes. Though there was also that tropical prehistoric preserve under the ice...

"Yeah," Bobby nodded. "We brought really thick jackets." Not that he'd used one but they'd brought them!

"I hope the lie is the second one," Morgana said with a hint of a smile. "Although I find it more likely that your school had many more students."

"You've got me," Bobby admitted sheepishly. "There really only are five kids there- well, four when I'm here, I guess. And I've been on one date."

"You must have become very close to your classmates," Morgana said, sounding sympathetic.

"They're pretty much my family," he admitted. "I miss them a lot some days, but here's kinda where I need to be at the moment, so," he shrugged. "Here I am."

Emma raised an eyebrow. "If you've never been on a date, Bobby, I am quite sure I can find a way to fix that for you."

"Is that your guess, then?" he asked.

"For your sake, yes, that's my guess," she said dryly.

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