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.

perspective on how we would handle the

seeing the ugliness of the

doing that doesn't make you good, does

Why doesn't it make me

Rey was surprised by her

it from the spectrum

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

saying Esme wasn't fully good. If she was willing to kill another man's daughter

truly good, neither was she

explained this to her, but Esme shook her head while she

don't accept that."

and her eyes

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

what SHE considered the best

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

hearing this, Rey said

understand now.' His crimson eyes shone

her current perspective was the way it

Chaotic Good… just like

followed their own path and philosophy of

not the same

and Rey lay in

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

But she was different.

That made her

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

just wasn't in the way

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how you'll go about

the room after several minutes of silence

initially willing to give her time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting for a while, Rey

he

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