fandomhigh | Ethics [Tuesday, March 2, 2nd period]

"Welcome back," a very tanned Anakin said from the front of the classroom. "Today we talk about wrath," he said. "There's something very human about giving in to our temper," he said. "It's freeing, uncomplicated."

He paused. "At least at that moment. The repercussions are always waiting."

He waved a hand and the holoprojector flipped to life. The blue alien from two weeks ago . "Remember him? As a Padawan who wasn't prone to following the instructions of my master," his eyes met each student who had also made that choice, "I was captured aboard Krayn's ship, enslaved, and set to work in his spice refining plants on Nar Shaddaa. My master escaped, and I didn't see him for almost a month. The intervening time was not pleasant."

He looked around the classroom making eye contact with every student before continuing. "Wrath is very, very tempting. It urges you to listen to that dark little voice inside of you--to cut loose, live without consequences."

He pointed at the holo again. "There are always consequences. At the end of this story, I faced Krayn in combat, ignored the advice of my master again," which would be a theme in Anakin's stories, yes, "and stabbed Krayn through the chest with my lightsaber. I was thirteen. That decision shaped much of my training as a Jedi from then on."

Anakin stopped pacing. "What would it take for you to get to that hazy edge? And more importantly, how do you stop yourself from giving in?"

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Anakin snorted. "I'm not a fool enough to answer that."

"Which is in itself an answer," Leia pointed out.

"There are exceptions to every rule, your highness," Anakin said with a tiny smile. "But they are exceptions, and not the rule."

Leia winced. "Don't call me that," she said. She only wanted to be called her highness if she was pulling rank to get something done.

"Is it not your title?" Anakin replied.

"Only by adoption," Leia said. "And I didn't earn it."

"Most planets don't elect their royalty," Anakin said with a smile.

Naboo was just odd.

"Which is why it will mean so much more when I earn the position of Senator," Leia said. "I want to deserve it, not just have it given to me due to accident of birth." Or accident of adoption as it were.

Don't crush the girl's dreams, Anakin.

"I'm sure you'll be a very effective Senator in a few years," he said graciously.

"I intend to be the youngest Senator ever elected to the Senate," Leia declared with a look that almost dared him to disagree.

Anakin smiled. She was just so much like Padmé sometimes that it almost took his breath away. "We'll see."

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