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

ugliness of the world, it seemed she

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

doesn't it

was surprised by

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

bad person. People could do

simply saying Esme wasn't fully good. If she was willing to kill another man's daughter to save her own, or commit atrocities to achieve what she

good, neither was she

to her, but Esme shook

don't accept that."

was once again serious, and her

the path that I consider good and generate the

what SHE considered the best outcome, but

the other side is what I would call

this, Rey said

His crimson eyes shone brightly as he observed her

current perspective was the

Chaotic Good… just like

followed their own path and philosophy of good… to the

not the same at

and Rey lay

same thing that Esme would, but he did

But she was different.

in her own convictions! That made her the most dangerous

sorted out her trauma…' Rey's thoughts trailed as he looked at

just wasn't in

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

after several minutes of silence from

her time to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting for a while,

so, he asked

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