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It's been about four years since Anathema Jedi met Ellaita Dameron, and they've all been excellent.

(Minus the slight heart-stopping terror that was The Ghost of Darth Vader, but, also, that was actually really hot, and The Ghost of Darth Vader was happening at Lord Fuckwad and not at Anathema, so, still excellent.)

Peace has mostly settled in from the initial ceasefires after Anakin scared Lord Dickhead shitless, minus a few diplomatic kerfuffles Anathema couldn't care less about - she and her girls got cloning facilities of their own and no one's shooting at them right now, which are the only important parts. Anathema and Ellaita have learned so much, and Anathema can sometimes even make Anakin look like she just had a stroke, which is really funny. (Trying to fork her girls by copying their memories into new, unawake clone bodies isn't that weird. Totally an excellent idea. And Anakin didn't even try to tell her no, just mumbled 'not my circus...' and wandered off, so, proof there's nothing wrong with it.)

There's only two things that could use improvement. One: she and Ellaita don't tend to have the galaxy's most private quarters. Two: there is a certain Very Hot someone they could be kissing and aren't.

Fortunately, these two problems have the same solution.

Which leads Anathema to draping herself over Ellaita one late evening, musing out loud - "You know, I bet Anakin could possess one of my girls. Have a body for a bit. Plenty of my girls would be super into that."

(The story of Anakin 'Vendar' disintegrating a mountain to intimidate Lord Jackass - and then putting it back together, presumably because he wasn't intimidated enough yet - has spread out from Sharp and Charge, with Anathema of course very graciously sharing the memory when asked. And, well. Anathema's girls have taste. If Anakin wants a body on any kind of consistent basis, she'll probably need to set up a time-share.)

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supposed-to-know

"Thank you."

"I feel that- somewhere along the way, I lost control of my direction, and this is the price exacted."

brighten-the-place

"If it's a price, it's one that shouldn't be charged. You deserve sleep, and everything - good."

supposed-to-know

Tired smile.

"I appreciate that."

brighten-the-place

Small smile back.

"Good."

supposed-to-know

"What are you working on?"

brighten-the-place

"Grading essays," she says. "Right now I'm on the pile for one of my more advanced classes, so they're getting quite long."

supposed-to-know

"What is the topic?"

brighten-the-place

"Analysis of processes of restorative and transitional justice after slavery is abolished in an area. Students picked case studies to focus on within that - older ones, to get an idea of long term impact of various policies, though they're allowed to reference more recent cases in comparison, especially when discussing applications of their analysis."

supposed-to-know

"Any particularly insightful takes on the problems?"

brighten-the-place

"Several, actually," she says. "Anyone who survived my intro to ethics class is, if nothing else, very motivated."

"Would you like to help me read through these?"

supposed-to-know

"I would."

brighten-the-place

She separates out several to another pad, as well as pulling up a copy of the rubric and her grading standards (rather detailed; she'd rather not make students guess what she wants). "Thanks," she says, handing it over.

supposed-to-know

"It is my pleasure," she says, taking the pad. "Doing something constructive will be a welcome change."

brighten-the-place

"Well, if you want to do this regularly, I could use a TA for the advanced classes," she teases. "I have no idea how the professors who need to sleep keep up with all this."

supposed-to-know

"Let's see how I feel after this stack. Though I suppose I will need to work for a living somehow, with the Order gone."

brighten-the-place

"I suppose you wouldn't want to be my kept woman."

supposed-to-know

Elesse gives Anakin a very skeptical look over the datapad.

brighten-the-place

She giggles.

"University work is very fulfilling."

supposed-to-know

"Mmhmm."

brighten-the-place

"I'm hoping to found some sort of organized group of Force users again," she says then, a bit distantly. "Most other attempts have failed, and it'll be a long, hard road, but - the Order was good for the galaxy, even with the failings it had."

"Or... At least make it so people have a safe path to training, again."

supposed-to-know

"That sounds like something I could help with."

brighten-the-place

"I'd like that."

supposed-to-know

Happy hum, as she continues reading through essays.

brighten-the-place

This is nice.

(Anakin's students are indeed pretty clever; not experts yet, and some of their conclusions aren't well supported, some of their analyses not well explained; but they know the material, and they mostly know how to follow a rubric. Some have managed rather insightful points.)

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