An Extra’s POV

Is it right to take a life?

NO.

Is it right to take a life you believe to be wrong?

MAYBE.

Is it wrong to allow a life you believe to be wrong take another life?

YES.

In the endless spectrum of results, Esme chose the simplest path to arrive at her definition of morality.

"I will eliminate anyone who threatens the wellbeing of myself, those I care about, and those I consider to be worth keeping alive."

And so, when it came to the question of the two men and their daughters, Esme had her answer.

"If killing a man's daughter will save my daughter, I'll kill the daughter. If killing a man will save my daughter, I'll kill the man. And if I can kill the third party who started the twisted game, then that is what I will do."

There was no need for a moral dilemma or overcomplicating an issue that would appear simple to anyone living in a certain point of view.

"Why is that your answer?" Rey asked Esme.

"Because I can't save everyone. I have a life, and I am limited by my experiences. It's useless taking my opponent's perspective and experience into account. I am not them, and they are not me."

Rey slowly nodded.

"If I choose not to kill someone's daughter to save my own, am I so certain that the person would do the same if they were in my shoes? No… I don't think so."

In the end, humans only did things based on their perception of things.

"We don't see the world as it is, but from a contaminated lens of the self… eh?" Rey smiled as he looked at Esme.

She wasn't wrong in her analysis.

on how we

his perspective so easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed she too had come to the same conclusion

doesn't make you good, does it?" He

doesn't it make me

Rey was surprised

doing bad deeds already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both Rey and Esme currently held to be the correct

there wasn't any real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things for bad

Rey was simply saying Esme wasn't fully good. If she was willing to kill another man's daughter to save her own, or commit atrocities to achieve what she percieved to be

wasn't truly good, neither was she

to her, but Esme shook her head

don't accept that."

was once again serious, and her eyes gleamed

good person. I choose to follow the path that I consider good and generate the best outcome for

it was what SHE

good. Because the other side is

hearing this, Rey said nothing

crimson eyes shone brightly as he observed her

instantly understood why her current perspective was the way

Good… just

followed their own path and philosophy of good… to

the same at

between Esme and Rey

the exact same thing that Esme would, but he did so from a neutral perspective—considering himself neither

But she was different.

convictions! That made her the most dangerous

indeed sorted out her trauma…' Rey's thoughts

wasn't in

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on how you'll go

echoed in the room after

she had to say, but after

he asked

to play an active role in defeating the Dragons. To do that, though… I'll need to get a lot stronger than I am at the