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 would handle

his perspective so easily, but after seeing the ugliness of

make you good,

doesn't it make me

was surprised

already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from

person. People could do good things for bad reasons and

to kill another man's daughter to save her own, or commit atrocities

good, neither was she truly

explained this to her, but

don't accept that."

and her eyes gleamed with

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

was what SHE considered the best

I AM good. Because the other side is what I would call EVIL." That was Esme's

this, Rey said

shone brightly as he observed her Status

why her current perspective was the

Good… just like

path and

the

Esme and Rey lay in the nature of their

would do the exact same thing that Esme would, but he

But she was different.

That made her the most dangerous kind

Rey's thoughts trailed as he looked at Esme's bright

in the

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do you have an objective plan on how you'll go about this new ideal of

in the room after several minutes of silence

she had to say, but after waiting

he asked the

To do that, though… I'll need to get