fandomhigh | Ethics [Tuesday, January 12, 2nd 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." It had taken him a very long time to come up with things that Leia either wouldn't know or shouldn't know, but that was hardly the point, was it? He schooled his face to absolute neutrality, put his mental blocks up to bar any psychics in the room from gaining an advantage, then said: "I have never lost a lightsaber duel. I hate sand. I can fly any ship I ever sat at the controls of." His eyes challenged them to call him out. "Who's next?"

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Two lies and a truth would be easier for Bruce, honestly, but he felt he managed to come up with some truths that wouldn't disturb anyone. "I can speak Japanese fluently. My favorite movie is It's a Wonderful Life. I once set a high score in an arcade on a dancing video game."

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Bod remembered Bruce from the common room but even that conversation hadn't made it easier to pick out the lie. If there had been a lie about baking soda, that would have been easier.

"I think the second one is a lie," he decided, using the fact that he knew Bruce liked to be prepared as a basis for that. With that, he thought he'd learn languages and even dancing if he had to.

"You're right," Bruce said. "I don't really have a favorite movie."

"You've never seen it," Layla said not looking up from the notes she was making.

"Is that just another one of those things you know?" Bruce asked.

She was right, of course. That was annoying.

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