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

perspective so easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed she too

make you good,

doesn't it make

Rey was surprised by her

bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both Rey and Esme currently held to

vein, there wasn't any real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things

another man's daughter to

she wasn't truly good, neither was

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

accept that." She

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

am a good person. I choose to follow the path that I consider

what SHE considered the

of that, then I AM good. Because the other

hearing this, Rey

eyes shone brightly as he

why her current perspective

Good… just like

followed their own path and

not the

difference between Esme and Rey

would, but he did so from a neutral perspective—considering

But she was different.

made her the most dangerous

Rey's thoughts trailed

in the way

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how

after several

she had to say, but after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that Esme was done

he asked the

do that, though… I'll need to get a lot stronger than I