fandomhigh | Ethics, Friday, September 18, 2020

"Last week sparked some very interesting conversations," Anakin said as he paced around the room. "Let's keep that going. Christianity, one of this planet's major religions, takes a group of behaviors or habits that lead to other immoralities and call them, slightly overdramtically, the 'Seven Deadly Sins.' The seven sins are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth."

He smiled a little ruefully. "I know I've fallen victim to...most of them...over the course of my life, the emotions that can overwhelm you and lead to some monumentally stupid life choices."

And Anakin Skywalker knew from monumentally stupid life choices.

"There are some instincts that call to us more strongly than others, though: a favorite vice, if you would. There's a saying here that is as probably as old as this list of deadly sins: 'pride goes before a fall'. In my world, we put it slightly differently: 'Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.'"

He passed out a sheet of paper that gave ~~links to that wiki article up there~~ summaries of the deadly sins. "Now, which of these is your go-to? Where do you gravitate when you are angry or stressed? Do you think these behaviors are even all that negative? Can they be channeled into a positive direction?"

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Okay.

Okay, like, cool. She was down for this! It was better than her last class had been (sorry, Summer, she usually loved you, but she had not loved that).

Nina wasn't going to, like, blatantly call attention to the fact that she was here for the first time all semester but, well, she was here. Progress!

Julius glanced over and gave Nina a surprised, happy smile when he saw she was here.

And a tiny wave when it seemed like Anakin's attention was elsewhere.

Nina's own smile, when he caught her attention, was a bit wan but genuine enough.

And the wave was adorable.

So he was getting one back.

Julius quickly glanced back at his desk as the handouts were passed around, then glanced back and pointed at her and then gave a thumbs up, the tilt of his head making it a question.

How're you? Good?

Nina thought of trying to mime what had gone on in her other class but really... just no.

She did shake her head slightly, though, as she glanced through the handouts, in a silent 'no'. She was not super great? But she was here?

So... yeah, cool?

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The next thing he did was gesture to himself and then her, and nodded out the window.

Talk after class?

That got another small smile out of her.

Nina nodded a yes, this time, and when Bus Dean wasn't looking mouthed a silent, "Thank you," at Julius.

Another smile, followed by a florid handwave as he gave her a single nod.

At your service, Your Majesty.

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