Practical Philosophy, Tuesday

[endsthegame]

"We've had a pretty quiet first week," Ender observed, sitting on a blanket in their usual spot on the lawn. "So we might as well continue on a theme we started on last week."

He reached for his bottle of water.

"Where we come from colors the way we look at the world," he said. "We take our principles with us. Along the way, we might lose some and gain others, but some bedrock will always remain."

He looked around the group. "What do you think your bedrock is?" he said. "And what is something you're surprised you lost along the way?"

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Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

Ben, still with pink paint in his hair from his first class of the day (thanks for that, Anakin) grinned at his husband. "Well, a lot of you were there for most of it," he said. "My bedrock is my family, and the surprise was how the definition of that expanded along the way. It started with Mom and Dad, Dad's sister, her husband and their kids. Then I came here and my family got larger and more complicated." He smiled. "And then there was you."

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

Ender let out a soft little huff. "And I could fill in the blanks from there," he teased gently. "What is 'family' to you, now?"

Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

"You and the kids," Ben said with another smile in reply. "Then Val and Dad and Peter and the whole other motley gang."

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

"Even Peter?" Ender said, with a snort. "Now that's benevolent."

Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

"I learned pretty early on that liking someone and having them be family aren't the same thing," Ben said.

Jacen, you jackass.

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

Ender chuckled. "Very wise," he teased. "What's with the new hairstyle, by the way?"

Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

"You mean getting rid of the braid because the braid was dumb?" Ben teased back.

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

"I mean the pink streak," Ender said, grinning, "Though the braid was certainly a... look."

Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

"Oh, Granddad used the paintball setup for class this morning. Apparently we'd left some traps undetonated yesterday. I think it works for me!"

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

Ender picked up his bottle of water.

"It doesn't," he said, "But I appreciate your optimism."

Re: Talk.

[momslilassassin]

"Val will like it," Ben decided.