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.

how we

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

make you good, does it?"

doesn't it make

Rey was surprised by

doing bad deeds already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral

real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things for bad reasons

daughter to save her

good, neither was she

course, Rey explained this to her, but Esme shook her head

don't accept that." She

and her eyes gleamed with nothing

follow the path that I consider good and generate the best outcome

SHE

AM good. Because the other side

hearing this, Rey said

I understand now.' His crimson eyes shone brightly as he

her current perspective was the way

Chaotic Good… just like

path

not the same at

between Esme and Rey lay in the nature of their

the exact same thing that Esme would, but he did so

But she was different.

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

looks like she indeed sorted out her trauma…' Rey's thoughts

in the

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have an objective plan on how you'll go

after several

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

so, he asked the

an active role in defeating the Dragons. To do that, though…