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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"I can jump at least ten feet straight up from a standstill, I can't stand visits to the doctor, and I left home when I was twelve hoping to become a SOLDIER."

Zack gave a little grin to the class at large, as Zack was wont to do. Coming up with a lie had been hard.

"I'm really hoping the second one isn't a lie," Claire said. "So, hmm, I'll guess the first one is."

Zack's little grin got a bit bigger, and he shook his head.

"Nope, I can jump fifteen feet pretty easy, actually." Because physics and gravity were really only suggestions, ssh. "Try again?"

"You didn't leave home at twelve," Claire guessed. Because, really, who liked going to the doctor?

"I did," Zack replied. He shrugged. "I actually don't mind getting checkups and stuff from the doctor. When you're in SOLDIER, it kind of becomes routine. Part of the process of joining in the first place involves a sort of surgery."

Insert lame 'slot machine in the brain' joke, here.

Claire made a face but decided to leave her personal feelings on doctors out of it. "Well, I guess everyone is different."

"It takes all types," Zack agreed with a nod. "When you fight for a living, it's kind of a necessary evil, that's all."

"I guess that makes sense," Claire said. "Taking care of the military is important."

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