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 the situation…'

easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed she too had come to the same conclusion as

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

it make me

Rey was surprised by her

a given that doing bad deeds already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both Rey and Esme currently held to be the

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

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

she wasn't truly good, neither was

explained this to her, but Esme shook her head

don't accept that."

again serious, and her eyes gleamed with nothing short of

good person. I choose to follow the path

was what SHE

I AM good. Because the other

this, Rey

I understand now.' His crimson eyes shone brightly as he observed

understood why her current perspective was the way

Chaotic Good… just

path and philosophy of good…

not the same

Rey lay

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

But she was different.

That made her the most dangerous kind

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

just wasn't in

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have an objective plan on how

echoed in the room after several minutes of

but after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that Esme was done with what she had

so, he asked

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