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.

[endsthegame]

"But that's not all the Jedi were or are," Ender noted.

Re: Talk.

[sith_happened]

"Of course not," Anakin agreed. "But I have no interest in negotiating with governments or forming councils. I explore the Force through the ways others come from my galaxy and tell me their understanding of it. I check it against my own understanding."

Re: Talk.

[endsthegame]

Anakin had always had such a lack of imagination - but then again, there was a reason Ben, with his empathy and his broader view of the world, was Ender's favorite Skywalker by far.

Perhaps he was just biased.

"Are you ever surprised by anything?" he said, abandoning that path before his personal opinions might get in the way of an actual conversation.

Re: Talk.

[sith_happened]

"Constantly," Anakin said. "And slightly jaded that the same cycle seems to consume my universe despite the good will attempts to stop it from happening."