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.

we

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

good, does it?"

it make me

was surprised by her

already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both Rey

bad person.

If she was willing to kill another man's daughter to save her

truly good, neither was she truly

Rey explained this to her, but Esme shook her

don't accept

and her eyes gleamed with nothing

a good person. I choose to follow the path that I

it was what SHE considered

Because the

hearing this, Rey said nothing

eyes shone brightly

instantly understood why her current perspective

Chaotic Good…

followed their own path and philosophy

not the

difference between Esme and Rey lay in the nature

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

But she was different.

was right in her own convictions! That made her the most

her trauma…' Rey's thoughts

wasn't in

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on how you'll go about this

the room after several minutes of silence from both

after

he

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