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.

on how we would handle the situation…' His thoughts

ugliness of the world, it seemed she too had come

make you good,

it make

surprised

looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both Rey and Esme currently held to be

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

to kill another man's daughter to save her own,

wasn't truly good, neither was

to her, but Esme shook her head while she

don't accept that."

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

path that I consider good and generate

what SHE considered

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

this, Rey said nothing

eyes shone brightly as he observed

her current perspective was the way it

Chaotic Good… just

meant they followed their own path and philosophy of good… to

not the

and Rey lay

he did so from a neutral perspective—considering himself neither objectively

But she was different.

That made her the most

out her trauma…' Rey's

wasn't in the way

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

after several minutes of silence from

say, but after waiting for a while,

so, he asked

the Dragons. To do that, though… I'll need to get a lot stronger than I am at the