fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, September 2, 2nd period]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance-as the door clicked shut behind him. "I'm Master Anakin Skywalker," he said in a voice that was intended to carry. "You may address me either as Master Skywalker or Professor Skywalker. This is Ethics, and we're going to skip the introductions--I'll figure out who you are, if I don't recognize you already--and move straight to our first discussion."

His cloak flared out behind him as he handed out the syllabus. "Today's topic," he said, pointing to the top of the page, "is self sacrifice: knowing the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit."

Anakin wasn't a great believer in softening his language.

"Any time I ask a a group of people what they would do to save someone they love, they blither on about how they would set the world on fire, lie, cheat, steal, kill, die, et cetera, et cetera. I've been at this school five years now and realize that half of you have probably already been put into this situation. I'm never in a mood to hear adolescent ramblings about how wonderful you were or might hypothetically be."

He leaned back against his desk. "What I want to know is what would make you walk away. When do you decide that the risk isn't worth the cost?"

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Anakin blinked. "They let a peer serve as an adviser?"

That seemed vaguely insane to Anakin.

"It was an experimental trial," he explained. "I was top of my class, and the Watchers' Council felt I could be useful in the field. In an advisory capacity, that is. The girls already had a Watcher, but I was meant to observe and assist minimally."

"How did that work out?" Anakin asked.

Since Wesley was here and not in California, Anakin had drawn his own conclusion.

Well... This was a teacher he was talking to, and he didn't particularly want to admit it, but this guy kind of scared him, and he didn't want to get caught lying...

"Not particularly well," he admitted. "There were... rule enforcement problems."

Anakin smiled. "I knew several Buffies," he said, forgetting just how odd it might sound to someone not used to living multiple years in Fandom. "She had rule following problems."

Wes blinked. "Several...? Oh, you mean from different timelines, yes? Well, yes, she isn't all that compliant. But the bulk of the problems came from Fai - I mean, the other Slayer I was in charge of."

"Faith?" Anakin replied. "I've known three versions of her as well."

Anakin had been here a while.

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