fandomhigh | Ethics [Tuesday, April 13, 2nd period]

Anakin was certainly not missing the barely controlled chaos of the last few days. Really. Not at all.

...he was definitely not missing his creepy namesake.

"There's a very famous story on this world, of the lady or the tiger. The king in this tale has his own sense of justice: instead of a court system, he had an arena with two doors. Behind one door was a beautiful woman, handpicked by the king. Behind the other was a tiger. If you chose the tiger, you were eaten and declared guilty. If you chose the lady, you were considered innocent and married the lady. The king didn't care about your current marital status or sexual orientation, apparently."

He leaned back against his desk. "One day the king discovered that his daughter had been having an affair with someone far below her station, so the man was arrested and tossed into the arena. Now the princess knew which door has what behind it, and her lover looked up to her for advice. She had two choices: watch her love die, or watch him marry another woman. The story ends with the princess telling him which door to open, but leaves us hanging as to what waited behind it."

Anakin smiled. "Your task today is two-fold. First, pair up with a classmate and decide what the princess did. Then tell me what you would have done in the princess's place."

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"When I told her I'd named the droid babies Jaina and Anakin, she had a visible reaction," Leia hastily explained, not wanting to get Tahiri in trouble. "I wanted to know why, and you know I don't give up until I get an answer."

Anakin still didn't look entirely pleased about that. "Very well."

"Would you rather I not ask any questions at all?" Leia said, crossing her arms. Fat chance of that ever happening, but she was curious as to what his reaction would be. "Would you rather I not care about who my mother was or my future children? Or knowing more about you?"

"You've seen an example just this weekend of why knowledge of the future can be completely useless," Anakin replied. "Somewhere, the kids who came through that portal are real."

"Then why are you upset with Tahiri for telling me if it may not matter at all?" Leia pressed. "I know Jaina now, so why can't I know about her brother as well?"

She really did have a bad feeling about this.

Anakin shook his head. He and Jaina had come to an agreement about this a long time ago--the boys were off-limits. "No."

Which was probably a good idea. Not that Leia knew that.

"Fine," she said with a dismissive flick of her hand. "You are so frustrating sometimes. But you know that."

"You had to get it from somewhere," Anakin replied sweetly.

"They you can only blame yourself any time I argue with you," Leia said with a smirk.

"Oh, I do," Anakin said. "Off with you now."

She was relenting -- for now at least. "I have to go find Chuck and discuss future parenting anyway," she teased, then quickly turned to walk away.

"Go away faster," Anakin advised, but his voice was teasing.

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