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"There is a proverb on this planet," Obi-Wan said quietly. "'Forgive and forget.'" If he had noticed the influx of children last weekend, he was not saying a word about it. There might have been a reason for that.

Anakin nodded. "Given the number of bags that were reported on the radio last week, I'd venture that this island, in general, has problems forgetting and forgiving."

"Some of you also had your slate wiped clean for the weekend," Obi-Wan said. "These two factors combined bring us to today's topic: regret. How do you handle your own regret? How do you handle another's?"

"The people here, on the whole, tend to be astonishingly forgiving when the island's...whimsy...leads to gender-switching, sudden attack of childhood, or being someone else for the weekend. I don't think the rest of the world would be nearly as sanguine with the idea of, say, sleeping with someone else's girlfriend because you thought you were someone else," Anakin said.

"Forgiveness can hence be... situational," Obi-Wan said. "But I am certain there is at least one of you who has woken after such an event filled with regret, in spite of any assurances that you were not the one who chose to do the things you did."

Regularly, if you were Anakin. "Where does regret slip into self-loathing?" he asked. "Why is it sometimes easier to forgive others than ourselves?"

Definitely not looking at Obi-Wan there.

"Or, for some of you, why is it easier to forgive one's self than to forgive those around you?" Obi-Wan asked. "Are all regrets created equal?"

"Is there a mental limit you have for forgiving or excusing the same person?" Anakin added. "Think about it for a moment, then we'll discuss it."

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Regretfully.

Not that either of these two know anything about this.

Where does regret slip into self-loathing? Why is it sometimes easier to forgive others than ourselves? Or for some of you, why is it easier to forgive one's self than to forgive those around you? Are all regrets created equal?

Is there a mental limit you have for forgiving or excusing the same person?

They both have their own perspectives on this one.

Fry is dealing with Ghana being Ghana and might ergo be a little late!

Obi-Wan held no special feelings about regret. Really.

Lottie Grote

Jasper Dent

"I had my personal worst day well early," said the fourteen year old. "So I had to learn to let go of regret right quick, or I woulda DROWNED in it." In fact, wee Lottie had spent her weekend hiding in her closet doing just that. So this was pretty fresh on her mind. "As for other people . . . at a certain point if they're doin the same thing over and over, that's just who they are. Even if they say they're regrettin it, they're not learning from it. So you need to move on."

"So would you say you live without regret?" Obi-Wan asked. "And if so, is that a preferable way to live?"

Isabela

Well, shit.

Isabela was glad she'd remembered to bring her flask to class again.

Best. Coping. Methods. Ever.

"Who has time for regrets?" asked the girl drinking in her first period class. "Life's too short."

Sometimes Isabela was a terrible liar.

"Not totally," Lottie said. "I'm still human. But I feel it and then I move on. It works for me. And it made me immune to the giant hope devouring walnut that tried to eat my town, so."

Merrill

Funny how Obi-Wan didn't buy that, yes.

"I do hope that is water you have brought with you," he said mildly, vaguely wondering about the ethics of mind-whammying a student.

By now, Obi-Wan was no stranger to Lottie, which was why he let the phrase 'giant hope devouring walnut' tumble past him like a weed. "I see," he said. "Out of curiosity... Have you ever been in a situation where you might repeat something you claim to regret?"

"Of course it's water." Water and fermented sugar-cane juice.

Many times, but Lottie wasn't quite that self-aware yet.

"I swore off solvin mysteries once. Turns out you can't keep a good lady detective away."

Gwen Stacy

Anakin preferred to drown in regret. It was super healthy.

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