Laying Low for Beginners, Thursday, Period 1

[uncertain_dume]

The kid at the front of the room today, for better or for worse, was definitely the teacher of this class, yes. He was a bit on the short side, being only fifteen and not having quite hit a growth spurt just yet, with a brown robe over his too-practical-to-be-fashionable tunic and pants, all of which were in shades of white, black, or brown.

Oh, and he had the same stupid hair as Anakin. It was a whole thing.

He probably felt about as out of place as he looked, if that was any consolation.

"Uh, hi," he said, awkwardly. "I'm Caleb. And I guess I'm a teacher today." It would be good practice for when he was a Master himself, someday. Right? "I'm supposed to be teaching about laying low, but that's a little bit out of my area of expertise, but I think I've figured out a lesson that can benefit everyone in the room anyway. It's actually pretty simple. The whole lesson? Ask questions."

If Master Kenobi or Master Windu had been in the room to hear him tell that to a whole class full of students, they probably would have groaned and buried their faces in their hands. Caleb had a bit of a reputation at the Temple as the one who did entirely too much of that.

"The thing is, you can't really lay low unless you know what kind of situation you're in and what you can use to your advantage. And maybe you'll find yourself on a planet you don't know, or in a situation you haven't encountered before, and simply observing might not be enough. But maybe somebody else will know that one thing you need that can get you through." He ran a hand through his hair, embracing that awkward tell he'd mentioned he once had in a class he couldn't remember teaching, now. "You do need to be careful about who you're talking to and what questions you're asking, I think. I mean, if you ask the wrong person something that immediately identifies you as someone that should be in a lot of trouble, at best they'll try to distance themselves from you, and at worst they'll try to kill you. But if you ask the right questions, if you work your way toward the answer you're trying to get to maybe a little sideways, so that they answer it without even realizing that's what you were looking for, then that's even better, right?"

Yeah, he needed a lot of work before he could ever even think of teaching a Padawan of his own someday. This was way too awkward.

"So, today, we're going to ask questions. That's the whole assignment. There's this game that's entirely about doing that, where one person asks questions and the person answering them can only say yes or no. The one asking the question gets twenty attempts, and if they can't guess what the first person is thinking about in those twenty turns, they lose. So, everybody team up. One of you pick something on the island that your partner is likely to be at least sort of familiar with, and give that a try."

Yes, Caleb was assigning a game of Twenty Questions today. Which was probably at least slightly more fun than Kanan's planned lesson of self-evaluation and trying to figure out your own weaknesses, so enjoy this, guys. This, and snickering at his hair.

[OOC: Have at!]

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Curiously!

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Prince Sidon

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Sabine Wren

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[intotheout]

Gratuity Tucci

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Theron Shan

Lecture!

[uncertain_dume]

You can listen to Caleb's lecture, or just giggle at his hair. Or wonder what was up with the getup. Or wonder how the hell he went from being this to being Kanan. Or any combination of any of the above!

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[intotheout]

Oh, Tip was too amazed to even giggle. She was, however, surreptitiously taking all of the pictures.

There was no way in hell she was ever letting Kanan live this down, no.

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[justice_undone]

Had it been anyone else, Breq would have thought her blank face hid what she felt. This was Kanan though, or Caleb, and while she didn't know if he could sense emotions, she thought it likely. If so, a mix of amusement and supportiveness was what he would pick up.

Twenty Questions!

[uncertain_dume]

Pair up! One of you think of something on the island, the other one ask yes-or-no questions in an attempt to figure out what that something is!

Yes, 'that stupid braid in tiny Kanan's hair' is absolutely fair game, here.

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine was ready to pair up, and not choosing the braid because that felt way too obvious.

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[intotheout]

"Do you want to go first? Or should I?"

Did it count as the braid if she picked Caleb's entire look?

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Depends. Is it the braid?" Sabine checked.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Oh! Oh!" said Sidon, clearly excited about something. "I have an idea! Would anyone like to try and guess?"

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[justice_undone]

"Of course," Breq said, not really surprised about Sidon being excited. She would have been worried if he wasn't.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Wonderful!" Sidon beamed back at Breq, because he thought he just might be able to fool her with this one, but only time would tell! "Go ahead, then, ask away!"

Talk to Caleb!

[uncertain_dume]

He really has no idea why he's here doing this. But at least he was game to try?

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I bet you didn't think you'd be doing this today," Sabine said.

The name thing was interesting, but as someone whose surname was on her records and she still hadn't introduced herself with it because she didn't want to answer questions... she got it.

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[uncertain_dume]

"Not even a little bit," Caleb confirmed, looking up at the -- Mandalorian! -- girl and giving her a tiny smile. "It's strange... I feel like I should be more worried about why I'm here. I have no idea, you know? But it isn't... bad?"

He'd probably needed the break anyway. Mygeeto had been rough.

"You're Sabine, right? The TA?"

He had no idea what TA meant. But it was in the notes that he'd apparently left for himself.

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"That's me," she confirmed. "Here for all your helper needs."

And then she thought to ask, "Seriously, do you need help with anything?"

Because he was probably around her age but he was still a baby.

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[intotheout]

"So Caleb," Tip said, managing not to put too much extra emphasis on that name. "Bet you're going to be the only padawan at the temple with a story like this to tell, huh."

It was super weird knowing that this was Kanan pre-war. She'd honestly pictured him a lot younger doing all that (probably because her own Thing happened when she was a preteen). But she wasn't about to pass up an opportunity to learn more about the Jedi's weird cultish ways from an insider.

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[uncertain_dume]

Awww, he wasn't pastrami today! Kanan was going to remember that while she was giving him shit for this later, and be kind of touched at the fact that she'd remembered.

"Definitely the only Padawan with a story like this," he agreed, only scrunching his nose a little at that extra emphasis. A teeny bit. "Most of us come back from a battle and spend our downtime healing or meditating or training. I come back and I find myself teaching in another galaxy."

So, not pre-war. Mid-war. And compartmentalizing very much, thank you.

Re: Talk to Caleb!

[intotheout]

Yeah, Tip noticed that. She made a mental note to tread carefully.

"Maybe this is a special sort of different training?" she suggested. "Super secret advanced padawan training."

Talk to the TA!

[uncertain_dume]

It's possible that she's both older and taller than the teacher today.

Enjoy it while it lasts, Sabine.

Re: Talk to the TA!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

The only bad part of this was that Sabine didn't yet understand how much she really should be enjoying this. But look at bitty Kanan! Look at him!

OOC!

[uncertain_dume]

Sometimes I kind of wish I had stepped in this for the REALLY long game and apped Kanan back in his Caleb days.

GUYS I WOULD HAVE HAD CANON TO WORK THROUGH FOR LIKE SEVENTEEN YEARS.