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.

share the same perspective on how we would handle the situation…' His

ugliness of the world, it seemed she too had come to

you good, does it?" He

it

Rey was surprised by her

bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral

person. People could do good things

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

she wasn't truly good, neither

explained this to her, but Esme shook her head

accept that."

tone was once again serious, and her eyes gleamed

person. I choose to follow the path that

SHE considered

then I AM good. Because the other side is what I would call

Rey

crimson eyes shone brightly

understood why her current perspective was the way it

Good…

meant they followed their own path and philosophy

not the same at

difference between Esme and Rey lay in the

do the exact same thing that Esme would, but he did so from a neutral

But she was different.

in her own convictions! That made her the most dangerous kind of Good

indeed sorted out her trauma…' Rey's

in the way

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an objective plan on how you'll go about this

in the room after several minutes of silence from

give her time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting

he

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