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fandomhigh2023-04-18 10:57 am
unusual_sith) wrote in fandomhigh2023-04-18 10:57 am
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Today's class had been planned for weeks - necessary, given the busy schedule her guest had back home. This weekend only made it a touch more awkward (and more amusing to anyone who'd met her this weekend).
"Today," Lana said, doing a very good job of keeping a straight face, "We've got another Jedi for a guest. This time, the Jedi Battlemaster, who was raised among the Jedi and stayed with them for quite a while. He also should have quite a lot to say about excelling in battle while remaining, at heart, a pacifist."
"Good afternoon," the Battlemaster said with a grave nod. "I would describe myself less as a pacifist and more as someone who believes violence should be carefully chosen when it's needed. There are other tools that are often better suited. And when violence is used, it should be strategic and precise, rather than broadly applied. Better to take out one leader than destroy an entire planet."
He gestured as he got going. "It's not so much it should be a last resort, although that is often the case, as that it should be a carefully considered resort, and you should be certain you're doing it for the right reasons, rather than acting purely out of emotion."
"You say that as if emotion isn't a reason," Lana argued. He grimaced, and she laughed. "So," she said to the students, "what questions do you have?"
"Today," Lana said, doing a very good job of keeping a straight face, "We've got another Jedi for a guest. This time, the Jedi Battlemaster, who was raised among the Jedi and stayed with them for quite a while. He also should have quite a lot to say about excelling in battle while remaining, at heart, a pacifist."
"Good afternoon," the Battlemaster said with a grave nod. "I would describe myself less as a pacifist and more as someone who believes violence should be carefully chosen when it's needed. There are other tools that are often better suited. And when violence is used, it should be strategic and precise, rather than broadly applied. Better to take out one leader than destroy an entire planet."
He gestured as he got going. "It's not so much it should be a last resort, although that is often the case, as that it should be a carefully considered resort, and you should be certain you're doing it for the right reasons, rather than acting purely out of emotion."
"You say that as if emotion isn't a reason," Lana argued. He grimaced, and she laughed. "So," she said to the students, "what questions do you have?"
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