fandomhigh | Ethics [Tuesday, March 30, 2nd period]

"You've had a week with your droid babies," Anakin said. "I trust that you've all learned valuable lessons about restraint in the face of lust, or at least the value of good birth control." He gave Bruce a long look. "As well as why babies' heads should stay fully attached." His attention shifted to Illyria. "And how we don't eat them on this planet. Now we'll move on to the last of the seven major sins: sloth. Originally, sloth was described as 'an uneasiness of the mind'," he continued. "Apathy. Melancholy. Joylessness. And importantly, the decision not to do anything about it."

He shrugged. "The modern view understands that the mind is slightly more complicated than that and sometimes it is impossible to will yourself not to be sad. Instead, this sin focuses on the failure to utilize your talents and gifts."

He made eye contact with each student. "In a place filled with as many talented people as this one, I can view it as almost criminal to not live up to the potential each of you has. Today, pair up and talk about what your plans for the future are, and how what you will be doing either over the summer or after graduation will be helping you in what you might think of as your greater destiny."

He rolled his eyes. "You may also use this time to complain about what a horrible person I was to saddle you with fake children for a period of weeks, if you insist upon it."

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"I will return home and serve my people," Arthur said. It came out matter-of-fact; the hopefully would stay in his head, thank you. "Support my father," and check him, "and when he dies, I will become king, and try to serve with justice and mercy. It's never exactly been a question for me."

"Is that what you really want to do?" Leia asked. "Trust me, I know all about duty, but have you ever wanted to do anything else instead?"

Arthur snorted. "You're hardly the first one here to ask me the question," he said. "It's who I was born to be. I'm hardly going to let my people down just because some flight of fancy has struck me. That's not how it works."

"Not even when you were a child?" Leia said, though she had difficulty imagining Arthur that way. "I hated being a princess when I was younger." Well, she still disliked it sometimes, and looked forward to the title of senator more than the one she'd been given just because of who her parents were.

"I just wanted to be a knight when I was younger," Arthur said, wryly, and tilted his head. "But that was a part of the bargain, too."

Or, you know, 'make his father proud', but that fell under the header of impossible wishes at this point.

Edited 2010-03-30 13:43 (UTC)

"We come from very different worlds but we have the same goal," Leia said. "Protecting our people. And I hope you do as well for your people as I want to do with mine."

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