Hubris from Revelation: the Social Engineering of Ultimate Truths [Monday, Period 2]

[atreideslioness]

Ghanima had had a sense of tingling unease all weekend, like something was scratching behind her eyes, wanting to be seen. A tingling she had pointedly ignored, which had only served to make it so bad, she had taken to bed and not gotten any of the prep for today's class finished.

She wanted no part of the prescience of her brother or father, thank you.

"We're watching a movie today," she said as everyone came in. "There's a handout right over there, and we'll actually discuss Hinduism as a religion next week."

[OCD up!]

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Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

And your complete inability to be smug about anything ever. It was amazing how dry you could get a mental voice to sound.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben burst out laughing. That too, he admitted.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri angled the cookie so it was on a collision course with the slice of apple. I thought so.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

But breaking a perfectly innocent cookie would be Wrong! It was in the Jedi Code or something, right after not there not being fear.

Ben shot the apple slice into his mouth with a smug smile.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri rolled her eyes, but only for about half a second before she had to clap her hand over her mouth and smother a giggle.

That poor, fallen cookie.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben grinned over at her after he finished swallowing. I got you to laugh!

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

You did. He was going to get a pulse of gratitude for it, too. You'd better not be expecting a reward for it!

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

I got my reward, he said, smiling softly.

Dork.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Yes. Yes, he was a dork, but so was Tahiri if the grin on her face in response to that was any indication.

Well, that's all the apple I'm feeding you today, so I hope you enjoyed it.

Yeah. She was a dork too.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

I'm not a horse, Ben told her with a smirk. I can get my own apple slices if I wanted.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Good, because I'm not here to feed you, Skywalker, she retorted with a grin.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Are you here to refill my drink? he asked, shaking his glass.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri's eyes widened in mock horror. You're lucky that's empty, or it'd be all over you right now.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

He smirked at her. But then I'd be wet!

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

And that would be your problem, Tahiri replied innocently. So aren't you glad it isn't?

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

I've been told I look good wet, he said, smiling.

He had not.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Maybe I'll have to push you into the water and see for myself, Tahiri replied with a smirk of her own now.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

But the water will be cold, he said with a pout.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Well, if I decide you look good wet I can always warm you up afterward, Tahiri replied with a mischievous smile -- and promptly turned red.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Which was good, because Ben was turning pretty scarlet himself.

"Um."

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

"Not like that," Tahiri blurted out, or as much as she could blurt a half whisper.

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben turned even more red. Why not? he asked.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri's increasing blush was threatening to turn this into a competition. Well, if you really want me to . . .

Re: Watch the Movie

[momslilassassin]

Ben upped the ante to giant amounts of flailing. Maybe?

Well, that's just hugely encouraging, Ben.

Re: Watch the Movie

[weetuskenraider]

Just maybe?

And now Tahiri was flailing out of a combined sense of 'did I say something wrong?' and 'should we even be talking about this in class?'