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.

same perspective on how we would handle

to his perspective so easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed

doing that doesn't make you good, does it?" He added, a

Why doesn't it make me

Rey was surprised

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

villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things

another man's daughter

truly good,

but Esme shook her head while

accept that." She

again serious, and her eyes

good person. I choose to follow the path that I consider good and

was what SHE considered the best outcome,

I do all of that, then I AM good. Because the other side is what I would call

this, Rey

eyes shone brightly as he observed her

understood why her current

Good… just

meant they followed their own path and philosophy

not the same

Rey lay in

but he did so from a neutral perspective—considering himself neither objectively right

But she was different.

convictions! That made her the most dangerous kind of

she indeed sorted out her trauma…' Rey's thoughts trailed as he looked at Esme's bright

wasn't in the way

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have an objective plan on how you'll go

question echoed in the room after several minutes of silence from both

after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that

he

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