Lying 101, Monday Second Period

[tequila_squared]

"I know what you're thinking," Lito told his students once he was sure they were all accounted for. "'But Mr. Rodriguez, I thought honesty was a virtue,' and it is. But it's not the only virtue, and you never know when a lie will be useful. A little lie can smooth over a lot of social interactions. It could save your relationship. Or even your life. Or it can be your entire life's work. Take me, I'm an actor. If you reduce my job to its most basic parts, it's lying convincingly, and memorizing scripts.

"So, today, you are going to introduce yourselves. And by the way, if anyone would like to be a teacher's assistant, please see me after class. Now. Please," he said, perching on the edge of his desk and opening his hands to them. "Lie to me."

Comments

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

"I couldn't possibly lie," Face said, eyes wide and innocent as a bantha cub's. "It's be wrong."

He was also speaking in an accent that was pure Correllian, rather than his own which he'd used all last semester.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tequila_squared]

Lito gave him an 'oh, come on,' look, and said, "I am afraid you must, my friend."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

"I really can't," he said, still with that Correllian drawl. "If it got about that a Jedi was lying..."

Face, no.