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 situation…' His

never expected to switch to his perspective so easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed

make you good, does

it

Rey was surprised by

at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was

bad person. People could do good things for bad reasons and bad

man's daughter to save her own, or commit

good, neither

explained this to her, but

don't accept that." She

was once again serious, and her eyes gleamed with nothing short of

good person. I choose to follow the path

what SHE considered the best outcome,

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

Rey said

shone brightly

current perspective

Chaotic Good…

their own path and philosophy of

the

difference between Esme and Rey lay in the nature of their

Esme would, but he did so from a

But she was different.

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

Rey's

just wasn't in

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on how you'll go about

echoed in the room after several

time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that

so, he

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