The Park, Friday Afternoon

[uncertain_dume]

Well... that whole week could have gone worse, Kanan supposed. The itching feeling of dread had more or less faded, which left just the lingering bouts of free-floating trauma around the island that was usual in the wake of this sort of thing.

Which meant it was a Friday as usual for training and the like, though today he'd brought Stance, and he'd made his way to the park rather than the warehouse, letting the pup run free to harangue the ducks while he sat himself down under a tree in the shade, and he read more of that book that the moose had foisted off on him.

He didn't necessarily agree with it all, but he could see some of the wisdom behind it all the same.

There were a few practice swords propped up against the tree, in case anybody was feeling up to training or sparring today, but otherwise... eh. He was more or less just taking it easy this afternoon.

With a book.

About a stuffed bear.

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[unusual_sith]

And here was a Lana, walking up and waving and letting herself be puppy-pounced.

She laughed. "Hello, Stance." She nodded to Kanan, but clearly his hello was coming second.

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan gave a little smile to himself as Stance bounced up and tried to lick Lana's face off. Friend! Stance had found a friend!

"Good afternoon, Lana," Kanan greeted her, because he wasn't going to let himself be completely upstaged in the greetings department by his dog. "And how are you today?"

[unusual_sith]

"I'm well, thank you." She ruffled the fur on Stance's head and stood. "And you? It's been a busy week."

[uncertain_dume]

"It's been a busy week," Kanan agreed, smiling crookedly and nodding a little. "But... overall, apparently not a complete disaster. I think a few people are still hurting from it, though."

He didn't need the Force to know that much, nah.

[unusual_sith]

Lana nodded. "The air's not as heavy anymore, either. Unless you still feel something else?"

[uncertain_dume]

"Nothing else," Kanan replied, shaking his head. "The same 'pre-new-term' jitters, but those aren't coming from anywhere in particular, so that's probably just nothing."

[unusual_sith]

"A new term means new students. I won't be the newest anymore." Lana smiled. "There's no telling who we'll get, is there?"

[uncertain_dume]

"Not unless you've got some in with the moose that I don't," Kanan replied. "I have this feeling that being pushed around by moose is going to be the story of my life, here."

It really was.

[unusual_sith]

Big, pushy mooses. Meese?

"Is the moose very pushy? I haven't seen him much," Lana said. "Couldn't you just ask?"

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"I tried to ask for the first summer term off, and see where that got me?" Kanan smiled wryly. "It's all going to be philosophy and bears, this summer. Philosophy and bears."

[unusual_sith]

"Well, I only know what one of those things is, really, so I'm glad I'm taking your class again," Lana said. "Bears are local fauna, aren't they? I thought humans were the only sentients here."

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"Bears generally aren't sentient," Kanan replied.

... Most bears. But Kanan was not teaching about that kind of bear.

"But this book kind of focuses on the philosophy through the lens of some kind of local storybook hero, I think."

[unusual_sith]

"Ah. That makes more sense." Lana nodded. "I'd ask you what it's about, but then I'd have nothing left to learn in class."

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"Well, presumably it'll take more than the time it takes to explain basic Tao principles to get into the real deep parts of it," Kanan noted, "otherwise it's going to be a really short summer term anyway."

[unusual_sith]

"All right, then," Lana said, "What's Tao?"

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan smirked maybe the tiniest bit.

"Probably one of the most un-Sithlike philosophies Earth has to offer," he mused. "If I had to guess, anyway. Maybe not. There's some stuff about inner nature that we might even almost be able to agree on, even if we approach it from opposite directions."

[unusual_sith]

"That sounds interesting." Yes, Lana was perking up at that.

[uncertain_dume]

"I found it interesting, at least. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but it presents an interesting approach to life that at least a few Jedi over the years could probably appreciate."

He shrugged.

"But of course, because this is Fandom, there's also going to be stuffed toys involved. I don't think that's Tao. That's just the reading material I was handed."

[unusual_sith]

"Stuffed toys?" Lana shook her head. "Sometimes Fandom really is odd."

[uncertain_dume]

"I don't pretend to understand the place," Kanan replied with a shrug. "I just live here."

And had been.

For years.

[unusual_sith]

Lana grinned. "Something else we can agree upon."