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"Sometimes," Faye began today, "it's just not worth it, for whatever reason. Maybe the trip to find the bounty is too long to be worth the fuel. Sometimes you find a bigger fish." She glanced over at Din, sighed, and added, "Sometimes you just don't want to turn them in."

Even for Faye, money wasn't everything.

"Finding where your morals are in this job can be difficult," Din said, glancing over at where the kid was coloring with crayons at the teacher's desk. "And sometimes you'll have it change over your time doing it. Personally, I've worked with people who I wouldn't willingly work with again at this point in my life."

Or would work with and then toss in prison for being the shitty people he knew they were.

"Same," Faye agreed, her tone far from her usual level of playfulness, even if she wasn't elaborating at this time. "Morals can be...flexible in this business. Slippery. It's not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. And sometimes things change once you really get a look at who you're hunting, and who you might be turning them into."

In her case, the ISSP were generally fine, but not everyone really deserved to be turned over to the cops, every time.

"So, I guess this is where we talk about where you draw the line," Din said. Oh no, a talking class!

thedadalorian

This week, the class was instructed to meet out at the shipyard to the Razorcrest. AKA that piece of shit, space equivalent of a Honda Civic. Feel free to not be impressed by it.

"Today we'll be discussing how to transport a bounty," Din said once enough of the class had arrived.

"Believe it or not," Faye shared, "a lot of times, they're not going to want to go with you. You'll probably have to find a way to restrain or sedate them."

Or maybe even both!

If Din was surprised that Faye would drug her bounties, he hid it well. Or just flat out wasn't too surprised by it. It was a decent tactic if you couldn't brute force yourself into things. "They tend to offer bribes to be let go. I wouldn't suggest trusting it without very good proof of validity."

Something small and green that wasn't the usual child skittered on by behind the teachers.

"I know I've offered all kinds of things I don't actually have in order to get someone to let me go," Faye confided, in a truly unsurprising confession. "And so in my experience, a chatty bounty is a tempting bounty, and it's a lot easier if they can't talk."

She didn't always drug them. Sometimes she gagged them, too! Though today they were going to demonstrate a fairly specific means of keeping one's bounty quiet and still, and thus Faye was keeping a pretty close eye on where that skittery little green thing had gone.

"I find it easiest to freeze them," Din said, nodding to bring the class along into the ship where a gremlin had been baited further on in as a demonstration of the method. He could have done it to Faye, but he was pretty sure she'd shoot him in the face. Helmet. Same thing.

He pressed a button before the gremlin could leap at anyone and some ~~dry ice fog~~ unknown vapor obscured it for a moment before revealing a gremlin frozen in carbonite.

"Oh, god, look at it," Faye said admiringly. (She would not have found this as delightful if it had been done to her, no. There would have at least been siren-levels of shrieking, if not gunfire as well.) "And it doesn't hurt him, before any of you animal lovers start crying!"

She did not know this for a fact. She just didn't want to hear about it, honestly.

"Mostly." Din, a little less honesty here!

"I also brought rope and cuffs," Faye offered helpfully, gesturing to where she'd set up an array of ~~totally moddable~~ restraints. She had not, notably, brought any drugs, but she'd happily share any strategies for creepily sneaking up on someone and knocking them out if the students thought to ask. It just seemed like, you know, not a great thing to bring to the whole class.

flourish_or_perish

Today, students would find that class was taking place at the shooting range. Did you think there wouldn't be at least one class set here? That was silly of you.

"It's important to be an accurate shot, in our line of work," Faye greeted the class. Did she have a rifle that didn't belong to her casually positioned behind her back? Maybe. Look, she just wanted to try it, okay? As a treat.

At least it wasn't actually stolen, okay?

"There's a mix of projectile weapons," Din said, helmet tilting toward Faye. "And blasters. Same rules apply for both. Your finger is not on the trigger until you are firing, you never point a weapon at someone unless you mean to use it on them... Got it?"

"Treat them all like they're loaded, even if they're not," Faye added cheerily. "That way, you're never surprised. And if you're a person who uses a melee weapon...like, fine, but you'll want something ranged, too." Because swords and knives and stuff were fun, sure, but it was a lot better in her opinion to shoot someone before they ever even realized you had a gun.

"Those are for up close and usually quieter," Din added thoughtfully. "If anyone needs to learn it, we can come up with a lesson plan."

Or you could see him demonstrate with a spear.

Faye was giving him the confused look one might expect when faced with the words lesson plan.

"Sure," she said generously. "We have targets set up for you -- we're not keeping score or anything, but you'll want to practice not only headshots, but also non-lethal injuries. There's an art to taking out a knee to prevent running, but ensuring you still turn in a breathing bounty."

Because sometimes dead bodies just weren't worth as much.

flourish_or_perish

Once more, that oddly retro-futuristic television set was wheeled into the class, though this time Faye was smugly clutching the case for the film they'd be watching.

"Movie day! This is a really optimistic take on bounty-hunting," Faye shared. "Like, I wish it went this way."

And that anyone she worked with looked anything like dreamy Gerard Butler.

Din had decided this battle wasn't worth fighting. Also he was a slight pushover. So. There was that. "It's a lot less entertaining most of the time," he assured the class like a big ol' buzzkill.

"Maybe for you." No, Faye, for you, too. "Feel free to take a nap. There won't be a quiz."

Faye was good at teachering, everyone.

thedadalorian

Your teachers returned for a second class! Which had possibly been up in the air! There was a confusing television wheeled out to the head of the class that was just that right level of retro-futurism for both of their worlds in some ways.

"Today we'll be discussing how someone is even able to become a bounty hunter," Din said. "The official routes, at least."

"Some of us do it a normal way," Faye told them cheerily. "And some of us join a weird club."

('A normal way,' according to Faye, was by far the weirder of these two options, spoiler alert.)

"It's a guild," Din sighed. "It keeps local law enforcement off your back."

Also, that way you didn't have to work directly for any particular government.

"See, where I'm from, the ISSP works with bounty hunters," Faye pointed out. "We're way more legit."

Which was why she was cueing up the television to share a few Big Shot clips she'd secured.

"See, where I'm from, it's a free-for-all," she explained. "Everyone gets the same shot at the same bounties." And they got those bounties from a television show featuring a pair of cartoonish cowboy people. What? Normal.

WHERE WAS HER SHIRT, FAYE? WHERE?

"..." Din was just staring at the clip before wondering just what he'd gotten himself into here. "That is a terrible idea. There are rules for a reason." Of course, people could just not follow those rules. But there were also people like Din around who would firmly correct them on that subject.

Judy had amazing fashion sense. How dare you. Faye was probably going to dress up as her for Halloween this year.

"It breeds competition!"

Oh cool, Faye, just start an argument with your co-teacher in front of all the kids.

flourish_or_perish

It was day two of introductions week, so hopefully no one was sick to death of saying who they were yet. Because guess what was happening even in this class!
Din was at the ready for their students to arrive, not showing how uncomfortable this whole thing was making him. You know. As the only one in the duo who had no freakin' clue what he was doing here. "Welcome to the class," he said, glancing over at Faye.

"Hey," Faye called, leaning against the nearest wall or desk or whatever. Just as long as she didn't have to stand up straight. "This is bounty hunting class. If you didn't sign up for it, join the club." Because neither had they! "And stick around, 'cause you might learn something, because we're both experts in the field."

Listen to her talk you up, Din! That was nice of her! (Ignore the fact that Faye was blatantly lying, and she was in no way any kind of an expert. In almost anything. At all.)

Well, it was good to give their students a sense of confidence in their teachers at least.

"I was told that it's tradition to do an introduction for the first class." Unless Faye lied to him. Which was possible. "But we also wanted to know why you wanted to learn about bounty hunting. It's not exactly an easy profession."

"Pff." Faye was all too happy to undermine that. "I mean, maybe for you."

Not the time to be contrary for the hell of it, Valentine. "But yes, tell us why you want to be bounty hunters. It takes a pretty specific type of person."

The morally flexible kind, in her experience.

Din sighed, just letting her go on down that path. "The sort who doesn't get killed easily, I've found."

"Quick on your feet," Faye supplied, nodding in agreement. "So that you don't get killed."

For some reason, a lot of times people who you were chasing and threatening to take to jail didn't want to go!

"So, tell us your reasons for it and we can see how the class will go for you," Din said, glad they could agree on that one skill.

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