Office hours [all day]

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Now that Ethics class was on Thursday, Anakin switched his office hours back to Tuesday. He worked on his syllabus as ABBA played in the background.

...no, he wouldn't admit to missing Drake, so don't ask him. The door was open.

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"Well, you could stop by after the class if it's really going to set your week off," Anakin teased. "Is my flight sim still intact?"

He had such amazing priorities.

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"I didn't even let them touch it today," she assured him, stepping inside. "And next week will require a detailed tutorial on how to use it. Maybe with illustrations." No, she wasn't serious about that part, but she did have a lot of time on her hands these days.

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"I have charts!" Anakin said helpfully. "And signs about what not to touch!"

Someone else had had time on their hands when Rory was still at Yale.

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That might have caused a little bit of staring. "Oh, Grandfather."

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"What?" he replied. "I'm just saving you time."

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"Yeah, but I was kidding. It really shouldn't be a problem. I think I've only got one student who doesn't either have experience with that very simulator, or in a real craft, and they're still here, so I think they can handle this," she assured him.

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"So the first class went well, then?" he said with a little smile.

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"It did," she said, happy with this. "I went easy on them today, figuring I'd get an idea of what I was dealing with before throwing them into the sim. I'm related to a few of them, but I kind of expected that and I really think it'll be a good semester."

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"Well as long as you don't beat my times, I think it will be a successful semester," he said.

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"Sure, give me a goal," she shrugged nonchalantly. She stood a pretty good chance of being able to do it, too.

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"I'll look through the programs on Thursday and find one I think's suitably challenging," he said.

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"And I'll beat you," Jaina nodded.

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"You can try," Anakin said, frowning. "And if you quote Yoda at me, I'll toss you out."

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"I don't think anyone can quote Yoda like that seriously anymore, if it makes you feel better," she told him.

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"A bit," Anakin replied. "It's nice to think that even decades after his death, he's still being quoted."

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"I'm pretty sure he'll be quoted until the end of time," Jaina said. "I'm not even joking, I think that's really possible."

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"I think he would have liked that," Anakin said with a smile.

It was times like this where he was glad he hadn't been the one to kill Yoda.

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"I'm sure he would." She had no idea. "By the way, if I walk out of here with this music in my head, there will be trouble."

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"It was this or Lady Gaga," Anakin said. "I prefer this."

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"Why is that a choice for anyone ever?" It was just beyond her.

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"You didn't know Drake, then," Anakin guessed.

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"I heard him on radio, but I don't think we ever met," she said, thinking back.

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"His office wasn't too far from mine," Anakin said, "and we had office hours on the same day. He had terrible taste in music."

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"You might not want the terrible taste in music to be contagious," she warned.

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"It was just for today," Anakin replied. "A bit of a farewell. He passed away last week."

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Oops. "Ah. Sorry about that," she said, a little sheepishly. The music was still horrible, though.

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"No reason you would know," he said, waving it off.

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"Yeah, but still. At least for this week I can take back the music cracks," she said. Till next week, anyway.

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"Next week I'll be playing different music," he replied. "This was just a gesture."

Because Anakin got attached to people, however much he hated to admit it.