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.

the same perspective on how we would

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

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

doesn't it make me

surprised

it

any real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People

fully good. If she was willing to kill another man's daughter to save her own, or

she wasn't truly good, neither was she

to her, but Esme shook

accept that."

tone was once again serious, and her eyes gleamed with

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

what SHE considered the

I do all of that, then I AM good. Because the

hearing this, Rey said nothing

eyes shone brightly

understood why her current perspective

Good… just

own path

the same at

one big difference between Esme and Rey

thing that Esme would, but he did so from

But she was different.

her own convictions! That made her the most dangerous kind

she indeed sorted out her trauma…' Rey's

wasn't in the way I

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have an objective plan on how you'll go about

question echoed in the room after several minutes of silence

give her time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting

so, he

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