Sleeping With Your Eyes Open, January 10, 2018, 3rd period

[sith_happened]

"Right," Anakin said, slapping a huge briefing paper on each student's desk as they arrived. "Another key problem in diplomacy is trying to keep up with all of the studies and briefings and fights via email about your area of expertise. Here's a hint: you never will. So you will need to learn to skim quickly and be able to talk with authority with very little actual knowledge."

Somewhere Obi-Wan was despairing of Anakin's technique.

"To that end, you have ten minutes to read the tome in front of you and then brief the class on this, your new area of expertise." He smiled. "And pray that no one in the room has more actual expertise than you do."

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Re: Talk!

[sith_happened]

"What's the fastest a snail's ever raced?" Anakin asked.

Re: Talk!

[snipsnspecks]

"Point three past lightspeed." She was your Padawan, Anakin. "There were doping allegations."

Re: Talk!

[sith_happened]

Anakin didn't snort, but it was a close thing. "Admirable speed," he said instead. "How large a creature was it?"

Re: Talk!

[snipsnspecks]

"Well, they were surprised someone managed to fit a hyperdrive that small into its shell. Probably could've made a lot more credits legitimately than fixing snails."