When the students arrived, they'd find the teachers up at the front of the classroom as usual. Anakin, not like usual, was eating a giant bar of chocolate
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Discussion QuestionsaddeserthermitSeptember 29 2016, 08:30:48 UTC
Life's not fair and that sucks. How do you stop yourself from being jealous of what someone else has? And how do you react when you're the have to someone else's have-not?
Re: Discussion Questionangry_pie_sliceSeptember 29 2016, 11:22:35 UTC
Peridot frowned a little at the question, and then shook her head.
"I'm not completely certain there's really a point to jealousy," she decided. "There's no sense in wanting to be a Sapphire when you're a Peridot. At least where I'm from, we are what we are. I could be exceptional among Peridots, but I'm never going to rise above my station. Being upset that some other Gem is rarer or more valuable than I am doesn't change any of that."
Re: Discussion QuestionsaddeserthermitSeptember 29 2016, 12:30:45 UTC
"In those of us who feel jealousy, it has precious little to do with change, and more the dream of seeing such change be done," Obi-Wan mused. "Or perhaps that's wrong as well. Sometimes people find solace merely in the act of being jealous, of having an enemy." A pause. "Not that that's healthy."
Re: Discussion Questionangry_pie_sliceSeptember 29 2016, 12:36:18 UTC
"Making enemies rarely is," Peridot agreed, and then frowned a little. "For clarity's sake, Gems are capable of the same range of emotions as humans, as least as far as I've observed. Any statements about emotions being pointless come from me."
She tilted her head a little.
"And I would rather limit my enemies to those who are more of a risk to my well-being than those who simply have more than I do."
Re: Discussion QuestionsaddeserthermitSeptember 29 2016, 12:43:03 UTC
"I didn't want to presume either way."
The food-as-reward issue was already something they had not quite found a way to work around, with Peridot. There were no doubt other issues, and while Obi-Wan came from a galaxy full of species, many of those had come with documentation, at least.
"But yours is a rational choice. Which is admirable. Still, it might make it more complicated when you have to deal with those who are less rational."
Re: Discussion Questionangry_pie_sliceSeptember 29 2016, 12:50:50 UTC
It was Peridot's professional opinion that most beings were less rational than she was. So she didn't look terribly surprised at Obi-Wan's suggestion.
"It frequently does," she noted. "I find most people that I encounter are ruled more by emotion than thought. It makes for... interesting conversations. And frequent misunderstandings."
Re: Discussion QuestionspellchuckerSeptember 29 2016, 23:05:35 UTC
"Jealousy is hard. I guess... maybe you could think about things you have that other people don't? But that's not exactly the nicest way to go," Khadgar said.
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"I'm not completely certain there's really a point to jealousy," she decided. "There's no sense in wanting to be a Sapphire when you're a Peridot. At least where I'm from, we are what we are. I could be exceptional among Peridots, but I'm never going to rise above my station. Being upset that some other Gem is rarer or more valuable than I am doesn't change any of that."
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She tilted her head a little.
"And I would rather limit my enemies to those who are more of a risk to my well-being than those who simply have more than I do."
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The food-as-reward issue was already something they had not quite found a way to work around, with Peridot. There were no doubt other issues, and while Obi-Wan came from a galaxy full of species, many of those had come with documentation, at least.
"But yours is a rational choice. Which is admirable. Still, it might make it more complicated when you have to deal with those who are less rational."
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"It frequently does," she noted. "I find most people that I encounter are ruled more by emotion than thought. It makes for... interesting conversations. And frequent misunderstandings."
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