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 the situation…' His

easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed

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

it make me

surprised by her

you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of

wasn't any real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things for bad reasons and

man's daughter

truly good, neither was

her, but Esme

don't accept

serious, and her eyes gleamed with

the path that I consider good and

course, it was what SHE considered the best

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

this, Rey said nothing

crimson eyes shone brightly as he observed

why her current perspective

Chaotic Good… just

followed their own path

not the same

and Rey lay

the exact same thing that Esme would, but he did so from a neutral perspective—considering

But she was different.

made her the most dangerous kind of

trauma…' Rey's thoughts trailed as he looked at Esme's

just wasn't in

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an objective plan on how you'll go about this new

echoed in the room after several minutes of

her time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that Esme was done with what she had

so, he

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